1714
1714 is the year the Longitude Act offered a prize for finding longitude at sea.
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Where 1714 fits
Why 1714 is special
Twenty thousand pounds was offered, and a clockmaker rather than an astronomer eventually solved it with a marine chronometer. He spent decades extracting the money from a board that expected an astronomical answer.
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (4)
- 1, 2, 857, 1714
- Prime factorisation
- 2 × 857
- Digit sum
- 13
- Digital root
- 4
Representations
- Decimal
- 1714
- Binary
- 11010110010
- Octal
- 3262
- Hexadecimal
- 6b2
- Roman numeral
- MDCCXIV
- Scientific notation
- 1.714 × 10^3
Other mathematical patterns
- Deficient number
- Semiprime
Related numbers & connections
The Longitude Act of 1714 offered a prize and Harrison's chronometers eventually won it, over the objections of a board expecting an astronomical answer.
View 1759 →Technology & computing
The Longitude board expected an astronomical method and John Harrison delivered a clock. The prize was paid slowly and incompletely, which is a recurring pattern when a competition's answer arrives from outside the field it was aimed at.
DocumentedTechnology & computingGeography: BritainPeriod: 1714
Common questions
Is 1714 a prime number?
No, 1714 is not prime.
What are the factors of 1714?
The factors of 1714 are 1, 2, 857, 1714.
What is 1714 in Roman numerals?
1714 in Roman numerals is MDCCXIV.
About this page's data
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Contextual records: 1 reviewer-confirmed record, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 3 August 2026