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This episode was produced by Jordan Marie Smith and Burleigh McCoy. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez and Christopher Intagliata.
This episode was produced by Jordan Marie Smith and Burleigh McCoy. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez and Christopher Intagliata.
This episode was produced by Jordan Marie Smith and Burleigh McCoy. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez and Christopher Intagliata.
I'm Burleigh McCoy. I'm Regina Barber. Thank you for listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.
I'm Burleigh McCoy. I'm Regina Barber. Thank you for listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.
I'm Burleigh McCoy. I'm Regina Barber. Thank you for listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.
Hey, everyone. Regina Barber here with Emily Kwong and a story about time. Yes.
Hey, everyone. Regina Barber here with Emily Kwong and a story about time. Yes.
Hey, everyone. Regina Barber here with Emily Kwong and a story about time. Yes.
Yeah. So longitude is like the east-west position on Earth. It's relative to the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England, right?
Yeah. So longitude is like the east-west position on Earth. It's relative to the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England, right?
Yeah. So longitude is like the east-west position on Earth. It's relative to the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England, right?
And by knowing the difference between these two times, you can calculate, like, the in-between longitudinal degrees and know your location. Yeah, you can math. Right.
And by knowing the difference between these two times, you can calculate, like, the in-between longitudinal degrees and know your location. Yeah, you can math. Right.
And by knowing the difference between these two times, you can calculate, like, the in-between longitudinal degrees and know your location. Yeah, you can math. Right.
Right. So fewer shipwrecks because now like ships knew the time and knowing the time let them know where they were.