Home›Articles›A clock for longitude, and the physician who proposed itArticleA clock for longitude, and the physician who proposed itArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnGemma Frisius, Healers Well-attested SourcesGemma Frisius (source article)Scientific contributionsQuote, Scientific contributionsTwenty years later, in about 1553, he was the first to describe how an accurate clock could be used to determine longitude.View the SourceMedicine Atlas Original Articlestier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.