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A doctor working for this institution recommended the boiling of a mixture called “rob” after a 1747 experiment with treatments like vitriol and vinegar. The writer Dava Sobel revived the spurious connection of a 1707 disaster for this institution to the creation of a prize-giving board that tested the work of John Harrison. The doctor James Lind pioneered clinical trials while working for this institution, which ran tests of the H4 clock designed to solve the longitude problem. Scientists accompanying this institution’s observation of the transit of Venus coined the name of Botany Bay. This (-5[1])institution undermined its own members by switching to West Indian limes, which lacked enough vitamin C to prevent scurvy. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this institution that brought botanists on the voyages of James Cook. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Royal Navy [or British Navy; accept English Navy; prompt on navy by asking “of what country?”; prompt on Royal Society by asking “what other institution was the Royal Society working with?”]
<EC, European History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin PengCornell CRIT A94-5
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DESF A11310
Tom ScheriRIT BBinghamton A116-5
Cade ReinbergerRIT ACornell C12910
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ARIT B1290

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