10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHRONOMETER»
Discover the use of
chronometer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chronometer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chronometer Makers of the World: With Extensive List of ...
For many years, Tony Mercer, grandson of the most enduring English maker, has studied and collected a huge amount of information about marine chronometers, instruments which enabled explorers and the Royal Navy to map the world, the Navy to ...
2
The
Chronometer's Companion; Comprising the Various Methods ...
LON GITUDE BY CHRONOMETER. I. TO FIND THE GREENWICH DATE BY
CHRONOMEI'EB. WHEY a Chronometer is taken on board ship it has two errors;
one, called the on'giml error, being the minutes and seconds it is slow or fast on ...
William Henry Rosser, 1863
3
The Christian's Bible Companion: Or, Supplementary Form of a ...
CHRISTIAN'S. BIBLE. GOMPANION;. m. SUPPLEMENTARY. FORM. OF. THE.
ISYMBOLIG. CHRONOMETER. OF. SORIPTURAL. PROPHECY. \ Suowiso the
relation of God's covenant with all flesh in the days of Noah, to the confirmation of
...
4
Horæ sabbaticæ; or The sabbatic cycle the divine
chronometer
PREFACE. V mony of Scripture to this perpetual memorial, which I venture to
designate as the Divine chronometer?* The objection to the multiplication of
books may be fairly met by the inquiry, whether books have multiplied in
proportion to ...
Richard Ball (of Taunton.), 1853
5
Dutton's Nautical Navigation
A mechanical chronometer (Hamilton). once the chronometer is started, the
setting of the hands is not changed until it is removed for cleaning and overhaul.
Because of the design of the escapement, a fully wound mechanical chronometer
will ...
Benjamin Dutton, Thomas J. Cutler, 2004
Lunar distances method. 7.21 .1 Transportation of chronometer method In this
method, the chronometer time at the instant of making the observations for the
local time, is recorded. The chronometer reading is then corrected for its time and
rate ...
7
Instruments of Science: An Historical Encyclopedia
Following Arnold's work, Thomas Earn- shaw standardized the design and
production of marine chronometers and was ahnost certainly the first to have
rough marine chronometer movements made for him in Lancashire — a practice
...
Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner, 1998
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The
chronometer's companion, or, Perpetual solar almanack: ...
QUESTIONS FOR EXERCISES. Question 1. November the 10th, 1841, P. M. in
latitude 33° 51' S. the mean of the several altitudes of the sun's lower limb was 39
° 58', when the mean of the corresponding times by chronometer was 2h. 18m.
James Griffin (teacher of navigation.), 1839
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The Practical Navigator: Containing Instructions for Keeping ...
Containing Instructions for Keeping a Ship's Reckoning at Sea, and the Most
Approved Methods of Determining the Latitude: Also a Journal from Greenock to
Teneriffe; and Easy and Concise Methods of Finding the Longitude by
Chronometer ...
William Black (teacher of navigation.), 1839
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A new and complete epitome of practical navigation
8 h. m. a. Middle time by chronometer 19 10 2 Equation of equal altitudes — 5 —
— — h. m. a. Time by chronometer at app. noon . 19 9 57 «... 19 9 57 Chran. slow
for app. time at Bombay 4 50 3 Mean time at apparent noon = 24h. -j- Equation ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHRONOMETER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
chronometer is used in the context of the following news items.
Breguet Marine Chronographe "200 Ans de Marine"
Marking the bicentenary of Abraham-Louis Breguet's appointment as chronometer-maker to the French Royal Navy, Breguet has produced an ... «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
An Interview with Switzerland's Best Kept Secret: Kari Voutilainen
They were tourbillon movements used for chronometer competitions, but customers wanted to have them in new condition. They were lying in ... «Alister & Paine Magazine, Jul 15»
Blue Ridge Capital Finds Fitbit Inc (FIT) Interesting And Discloses …
Scientists conducted tests on 51 overweight women to find the results of the chronometer. That included 10,000 steps of walking a day and two ... «InvestCorrectly, Jul 15»
Elegant Encore: We Test the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic 1958
The watch was equipped with antimagnetic protection, luminous hands, a chronometer-certified hand-wound movement and water resistance. «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
Making the Past Present: Inside the Parmigiani Manufacture
“That's a tough one, but I would have to choose the Harrison Marine Chronometer H4 in the mid-18th century. It featured an incredibly complex ... «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
7 Hottest Tech Trends in 1776
The Chronometer – One major invention of the 18th century was the marine chronometer – a clock that was accurate enough to use as a ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
Ashes 2005, England v Australia: The day Edgbaston came alive …
... Traders' Reliant Regal Supervan a few minutes after Del-Boy and Rodney learnt that their Harrison marine chronometer had been bought for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
The science prize that's making waves
... money for innovation in navigation — the most money was won by John Harrison, a clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
George Clooney Wears Vintage Omega Constellation In …
Which would be great because then you could take a much closer look at the vintage 1958 Omega Constellation Automatic Chronometer ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
Fratello Friday: Rolex Day-Date 40mm - New Size, New Movement …
Rolex was also able to guarantee a -2/+2 seconds per day deviation with this new movement, numbers that easily fall into the chronometer ... «Watchtime.com, Jul 15»
