- A
marine chronometer is a
precision timepiece that is
carried on a ship and emplo**** in the
determination of the ship's
position by
celestial navigation...
-
marked as
Certified Chronometer or
Officially Certified Chronometer.
Outside Switzerland,
equivalent bodies, such as the ****an
Chronometer Inspection Institute...
- A
clock or
chronometer is a
device that
measures and
displays time. The
clock is one of the
oldest human inventions,
meeting the need to
measure intervals...
- 1776) was an
English carpenter and
clockmaker who
invented the
marine chronometer, a long-sought-after
device for
solving the
problem of how to calculate...
-
Thomas Mercer Chronometers is a
British company specialising in the
design and
production of
bespoke chronometers. The
story begins with John Harrison...
- Contrôle
officiel suisse des Chronomètres (COSC), the
Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, is the
institute responsible for
certifying the accuracy...
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Longitude by
chronometer is a method, in navigation, of
determining longitude using a
marine chronometer,
which was
developed by John
Harrison during...
- An
observatory chronometer is a
timepiece that has p****ed
stringent testing and a
slate of
accuracy tests. Thus, the "observatory trial"
developed as...
- parti****te in
domestically m****-producing
chronometers.
Hamilton was
provided with two
Swiss Ulysse Nardin marine chronometers to examine.
Hamilton successfully...
- for John Harrison, who
later used
ideas from
pocket watches in his H4
chronometer.
Kendall set up his own
business in 1742,
working with
Thomas Mudge to...
