Editing Board of Longitude (section)

==End of the board's mandate==
For many decades a sufficiently accurate chronometer was prohibitively expensive.  The [[Lunar distance (navigation)|lunar distance method]] was used by mariners either in conjunction with or instead of the marine chronometer. However, with the expectation that accurate clocks would eventually become commonplace, [[John Harrison]] showed that his method was the way of the future. However, the board never awarded the prize to Harrison, nor anyone else.

With the significant problems considered as solved, the Board of Longitude was abolished by Act of Parliament in 1828 and replaced by a [[Resident Committee for Scientific Advice for the Admiralty]] consisting of three scientific advisors: [[Thomas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young]], [[Michael Faraday]] and [[Edward Sabine]].<ref name="Baker">{{cite web|url=http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/ES-LON-00023/1|title=Longitude Acts|last=Baker|first=Alexi|date=July 2013|work=Longitude Essays|publisher=[[University of Cambridge]]|access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref>