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  The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development (Hardback) By (author) John Cronin

  

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  Short Description for The Marine ChronometerMaritime chronometers are rare and precious items, crafted with care and precision, to provide an accurate means of measuring time and determining longitude at sea. This title explains the workings of the chronometer and highlights some of the most significant makers and provides hints for maintenance.
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  • Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
  • Published: 08 June 2010
  • Format: Hardback 112 pages
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  • Categories: History Of Engineering & Technology | Inventions & Inventors | Clocks, Chronometers & Watches (horology) | Marine Engineering | Australasian & Pacific History | Maritime History | Antique Clocks, Watches, Musical Boxes & Automata
  • ISBN 13: 9781847971852 ISBN 10: 1847971857
  • Sales rank: 232,095

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Full description for The Marine Chronometer

• Maritime chronometers are rare and precious items, crafted with care and precision, to provide an accurate means of measuring time and determining longitude at sea. Developed in the eighteenth century, these beautiful instruments were produced for the next two hundred years to the same design, and played a significant role in the growth of maritime trade, ultimately helping to shape the world as we know it today.