When did NOVA Season 26 Episode 1 air?
NOVA Season 26 Episode 1 aired on October 6, 1998 at 9 PM ET.
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Season 26 · Episode 1
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Aired Oct 6, 1998at 9PM·55m
In 1714, following a maritime disaster, British Parliament offers £20,000 for the first reliable method of determining longitude on a ship at sea. It's known that longitude can be found by comparing a ship's local time to the time at the port of origin. The challenge is finding a clock—a chronometer—that can keep time at sea, where temperature changes, humidity, gravity and a ship's movement affect accuracy. NOVA chronicles the seventeenth-century journey to determine longitude.
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