欧洲经度奖II。荷兰共和国的天文学、宗教和工程解决方案
European Longitude Prizes. II. Astronomy, Religion and Engineering Solutions in the Dutch Republic
摘要：
十六世纪末，荷兰的航运活动从北欧水域大幅扩展到印度洋及其他地区。在文艺复兴刚刚来到北海海岸的时候，科学家学者，航海家和商人都意识到迫切需要开发一种实用的海上经度测定方法。在早期采用者的压力下，包括Petrus Plancius和Simon Stevin，1600年4月1日，荷兰共和国政府宣布了一项慷慨的经度奖，在接下来的两个世纪里，它的价值将逐渐增加。除了伽利略和惠更斯这样的思想家之外，低地国家还培养了大量人才来寻求经度解决方案。他们的解决方案远远超出了木星卫星星历表的应用或稳定的海洋钟表的发展。对地球磁场、月球距离的研究，结合简单三角学的天文观测，以及“黄金罗盘”的设计，都把国家的海洋能力推向了一个更高的水平。荷兰人“发现东方和西方”的努力是无与伦比的，至少与欧洲大陆其他地方的努力一样有见地。
英文摘要：
The late-sixteenth century witnessed a major expansion of Dutch shipping activity from northern European waters to the Indian Ocean and beyond. At a time when the Renaissance had just arrived on the North Sea's shores, scientist-scholars, navigators and merchants alike realised the urgent need for and potential profitability of developing a practical means of longitude determination at sea. Under pressure of early adopters, including Petrus Plancius and Simon Stevin, on 1 April 1600 the national government of the Dutch Republic announced a generous longitude prize, which would see gradual increases in value over the next two centuries. In addition to leading thinkers like Galileo and Christiaan Huygens, the Low Countries spawned major talent in pursuit of a longitude solution. Their solutions reached well beyond applications of the ephemerides of Jupiter's moons or the development of a stable marine timepiece. Studies of the Earth's magnetic field, lunar distances, astronomical observations combined with simple trigonometry and the design of a "golden compass" all pushed the nation's maritime capabilities to a higher level. Dutch efforts to "find East and West" were unparalleled and at least as insightful as those pursued elsewhere on the continent.
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