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S1E7: A Clock in the Sky

The Secret History of the Future by Slate

Oct 17, 201833:27Technology

In 1714, British parliament offered a huge cash prize to anyone who could find a way to determine longitude at sea. And it worked, sort of ... several decades later. Are modern contests (DARPA challenges, the X Prize) of...

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S1E7: A Clock in the Sky is an episode from The Secret History of the Future by Slate. In 1714, British parliament offered a huge cash prize to anyone who could find a way to determine longitude at sea. And it worked, sort of ... several de...

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Published Oct 17, 2018, 33:27 long, audio available.

S1E7: A Clock in the Sky

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