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Clock used on ships to aid in navigation
A marine chronometer is a precision timepiece that is carried on a ship and employed in the determination of the ship's position by celestial navigation
Marine_chronometer
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up chronometer or chronoscope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chronometer is a name for certain types of clock. It may refer to: Chronomètre of
Chronometer
High-precision time piece
marked as Certified Chronometer or Officially Certified Chronometer. Outside Switzerland, equivalent bodies, such as the Japan Chronometer Inspection Institute
Chronometer_watch
English clockmaker (1693–1776)
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
John_Harrison
Navigational method
Longitude by chronometer is a method, in navigation, of determining longitude using a marine chronometer, which was developed by John Harrison during
Longitude_by_chronometer
Swiss watch manufacturer
participate in domestically mass-producing chronometers. Hamilton was provided with two Swiss Ulysse Nardin marine chronometers to examine. Hamilton successfully
Hamilton_Watch_Company
Instrument for measuring, keeping or indicating time
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
Clock
British chronometer company
Thomas Mercer Chronometers is a British company specialising in the design and production of bespoke chronometers. The story begins with John Harrison
Thomas_Mercer_Chronometers
1974 quartz wristwatch
The Omega Marine Chronometer was the first quartz wristwatch ever to be awarded certified status as a marine chronometer. The watch was made by Omega
Omega_Marine_Chronometer
An observatory chronometer is a timepiece that has passed stringent testing and a slate of accuracy tests. Thus, the "observatory trial" developed as
Observatory_chronometer
A nautical chronometer made by Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1828), and once part of the equipment of HMS Beagle, the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his
Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
Ship's_chronometer_from_HMS_Beagle
Institute for testing Swiss watches
Contrôle officiel suisse des Chronomètres (COSC), the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, is the institute responsible for certifying the accuracy
COSC
Chronometers were formerly used for the accurate determination of longitude by ships at sea. By measuring the time of local solar noon compared to the
List of chronometers on HMS Beagle
List_of_chronometers_on_HMS_Beagle
Timepiece used in operation of trains
A railroad chronometer or railroad standard watch is a specialized timepiece that once was crucial for safe and correct operation of trains in many countries
Railroad_chronometer
Record of humanity's attempts to find east-west position on Earth
with great accuracy, such as eclipses, and building clocks, known as chronometers, that could keep time with sufficient accuracy while being transported
History_of_longitude
Navigation using astronomical objects to determine position
accurate the fix; – indeed, every four seconds of time source (commonly a chronometer or, in aircraft, an accurate "hack watch") error can lead to a positional
Celestial_navigation
Process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle
between GMT and chronometer time is carefully determined and applied as a correction to all chronometer readings. Spring-driven chronometers must be wound
Navigation
British watch and clockmaking company
Dent's chronometers. Dent's chronometers accompanied some of the 19th century's most influential explorers. Robert FitzRoy took Dent chronometer no. 633
Dent_(watchmaker)
Mechanism for regulating the speed of clocks
in tower clocks.[citation needed] The detent or chronometer escapement was used in marine chronometers, although some precision watches during the 18th
Escapement
18th and 19th-century British watchmaker
John Arnold's earlier work, further simplified the process of marine chronometer production, making them available to the general public. He is also known
Thomas_Earnshaw
Wristwatch manufactured by Rolex
Datejust is a self-winding chronometer manufactured by Rolex. Launched in 1945, the Datejust was the first self-winding chronometer wristwatch to indicate
Rolex_Datejust
was a pocket chronometer of particularly good performance. Arnold's advantage as a manufacturer was that he was able to produce chronometers in quantity
Navigation and seamanship of James Cook
Navigation_and_seamanship_of_James_Cook
Music timing device
The chronomètre is a precursor of the metronome. It was invented circa 1694 by Étienne Loulié to record the preferred tempo of pieces of music. Musician
Chronomètre_of_Loulié
Type of watch
century, before eventually being broken in 1916, after which standard chronometer frequencies returned to present-day levels (generally 5–10 Hz, or 18
Chronograph
British watchmaker (1719–1790)
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
Larcum_Kendall
East-West geographic coordinate
Maskelyne; and for the chronometers developed by the Yorkshire carpenter and clock-maker John Harrison. Harrison built five chronometers over more than three
Longitude
Clock type
quartz watches are chronometer-certified by the COSC. These COSC chronometer-certified movements can be used as marine chronometers to determine longitude
Quartz_clock
American whaler
marine chronometer by Adams. The K2 was the third precision marine chronometer made after the H4, designed by John Harrison. The chronometer was taken
Mayhew_Folger
Swiss watch company
Switzerland for almost 40 years. The company was initially called Vacuum Chronometer Corp., which manufactured vacuum watches (sold under several well-known
Century_Time_Gems
(1747–1806), English chronometer maker, London, pocket and marine chronometer. George Margetts (1748–1808), English chronometer maker, London, pocket
List_of_watchmakers
Harrison built a succession of accurate timepieces, introducing the term chronometer. The electric clock, invented in 1840, was used to control the most accurate
History of timekeeping devices
History_of_timekeeping_devices
English horologist
continuously trading firm of chronometer manufacturers in the world. In January 2018, the firm launched a new chronometer wristwatch, after sixteen years
Charles_Frodsham
Technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon
129 Xe with a half-life of 16.14±0.12 million years. The iodine-xenon chronometer is an isochron technique. Samples are exposed to neutrons in a nuclear
Radiometric_dating
Type of mechanical watch
synchronized with the ship's marine chronometer. The use of a hack watch makes it easier to take sights, as the chronometer is normally in a fixed position
Hack_watch
18th-century French clockmaker
Roy chronometer, 1766, Musée des Arts et Métiers Pierre Le Roy chronometer, 1766 Pierre Le Roy chronometer mechanism Plans of Le Roy chronometer He was
Pierre_Le_Roy
English watchmaker (1790-1853)
famous English watchmaker noted for his highly accurate clocks and marine chronometers. He founded the Dent company. Edward John Dent, son of John and Elizabeth
Edward_John_Dent
Swiss watch company
daily variation of ±15 seconds. The Chronometer grade must meet strict standards prescribed by the COSC. Chronometer grade movements are serial numbered
ETA_SA
Swiss manufacturer of mechanical watches
15 sec/day Chronometer – COSC-certified Chronometer, meaning it meets the strict accuracy standards set by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute
Sellita
Swiss luxury watchmaking company
Switzerland. The company became known for manufacturing highly accurate marine chronometers and complicated precision exclusive timepieces used by over 50 of the
Ulysse_Nardin
Angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body
1763 and used until about 1850 when it was superseded by the marine chronometer. A similar method uses the positions of the Galilean moons of Jupiter
Lunar_distance_(navigation)
Spring attached to the balance wheel in timepieces
every portable timekeeping device: alarm clocks, kitchen timers, marine chronometers, time-controlled appliances like washing machines, bank vault time locks
Balance_spring
Method for increasing reliability
triple modular redundancy, a ship must have at least three chronometers; two chronometers provided dual modular redundancy, allowing a backup if one should
Triple_modular_redundancy
Alias for the UTC+00:00 time zone
into an advanced maritime nation, British mariners kept at least one chronometer on GMT to calculate their longitude from the Greenwich meridian, which
Greenwich_Mean_Time
English watchmaker and inventor
watch that was both practical and accurate, and also brought the term "chronometer" into use in its modern sense, meaning a precision timekeeper. His technical
John_Arnold_(watchmaker)
Swiss watchmaker
response, Rolex continued concentrating on its expensive mechanical chronometers where its expertise lay (though it did have some experimentation in quartz)
Omega_SA
English instrument maker
inventor of the marine chronometer. He was born in Barrow-upon-Humber but moved to London to assist his father in developing the chronometer. In 1761 he sailed
William Harrison (instrument maker)
William_Harrison_(instrument_maker)
Time measuring device
timekeeping technology used in alarm clocks, kitchen timers, stopwatches, chronometers, time-controlled appliances like washing machines, bank vault time locks
Balance_wheel
1995 popular science book
John Harrison, an 18th-century clockmaker who created the first clock (chronometer) sufficiently accurate to be used to determine longitude at sea—an important
Longitude_(book)
Humanoid walking vehicles in science fiction
Inclined plane Lever Pulley Screw Wedge Wheel and axle Clocks Atomic clock Chronometer Pendulum clock Quartz clock Compressors and pumps Archimedes' screw Eductor-jet
Mecha
by Pulsar. In 1974 the Omega Marine Chronometer was introduced, the first wrist watch to hold Marine Chronometer certification, and accurate to 12 seconds
History_of_watches
1772–75 British maritime voyage
be found beyond the ice barrier. On this voyage the Larcum Kendall K1 chronometer was successfully employed by William Wales to calculate longitude. Wales
Second_voyage_of_James_Cook
Brand of Russian wristwatches
first wristwatches under the brand name "Pobeda" and the first marine chronometers and hack watches or deck watches were produced. By 1951 the production
Poljot
Meteorology institution in Hamburg, 1875–1945
department of coast meteorology and signal service; and a bureau for testing chronometers. It was dissolved in February 1875, and its responsibilities taken over
German_Maritime_Observatory
COSC certified, self-winding chronometer manufactured by Rolex
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date is a COSC certified, self-winding chronometer manufactured by Rolex. Initially presented in 1956, the Day-Date was
Rolex_Day-Date
Line of mechanical diving watches
character, James Bond wore an Omega Seamaster Professional Diver 300M Chronometer 2531.80.00. Before 1995, actors portraying James Bond wore a range of
Omega_Seamaster
Device only intended to turn itself off
Inclined plane Lever Pulley Screw Wedge Wheel and axle Clocks Atomic clock Chronometer Pendulum clock Quartz clock Compressors and pumps Archimedes' screw Eductor-jet
Useless_machine
Device that records and plays back samples
was done on that system during 1971–1972 for Harrison Birtwistle's "Chronometer" released in 1975. The first commercially available sampling synthesizer
Sampler_(musical_instrument)
Line of sports watches by Rolex
radium paint. The next wave of Submariners, the 5512 (chronometer version) and 5513 (non-chronometer), marked a significant change in the appearance of the
Rolex_Submariner
German jewelry company
are assembled in Glashutte, Germany. A majority of its timepieces are chronometer certified by Wempe at their Sternwarte observatory facility in Glashutte
Wempe
Mechanism for regulating the speed of clocks
"Insight: Daniels' Co-Axial Escapement, an Evolution of the Fasoldt Chronometer". SJX Watches. SJX Watches. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2023-11-22. "Insight:
Coaxial_escapement
Observatory
error were much finer than any other standard, including the ISO 3159 chronometer standard that other testing bodies such as COSC use. Movements that passed
Besançon Astronomical Observatory
Besançon_Astronomical_Observatory
Continuous progression from past to future
certain precision standards is called a chronometer. Initially, the term was used to refer to the marine chronometer, a timepiece used to determine longitude
Time
Dutch-born clockmaker and naval chronometer maker
1849) was a Dutch-born clockmaker and internationally renowned naval chronometer maker. He was particularly active in Altona, then part of Denmark but
Hendrik_Johan_Kessels
Device to measure the passage of time
London. Not until the 18th century did John Harrison invent a marine chronometer that significantly improved on the stability of the hourglass at sea
Hourglass
Series of six pips broadcast by the BBC
enabled navigators aboard ships moored in those places to set their chronometers for the determination of longitude on voyages. Greenwich Time Signal
Greenwich_Time_Signal
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
they began carrying chronometers, because they used the lunar distance computations to evaluate the accuracy of the chronometers. On his second voyage
James_Cook
German watch manufacturer
largest watch factory in the world and in 1956 it was the third largest chronometer manufacturer right behind Rolex and Omega. The company is owned by businessman
Junghans
Observatory
from an observatory became known as an Observatory Chronometer, and such were issued a chronometer reference number by the Observatory. The role of the
Neuchâtel_Observatory
2000 British docudrama miniseries
Longitude presents the story of Harrison's efforts to develop the marine chronometer and thereby win the Longitude prize in the 18th century. This is interwoven
Longitude_(TV_series)
Private home in Los Angeles California
Reagans by Denis and Margaret Thatcher in 1985 and 1990, and a marine chronometer made by Tiffany & Co. given by Barbara and Frank Sinatra in 1981. Two
668_St._Cloud_Road
Streamlined body for generating lift
Inclined plane Lever Pulley Screw Wedge Wheel and axle Clocks Atomic clock Chronometer Pendulum clock Quartz clock Compressors and pumps Archimedes' screw Eductor-jet
Airfoil
German founder of Rolex (1881–1960)
Kansa (24 August 2014). "Historical Horology: The First Rolex Certified Chronometer". Wristwatchreview.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023. "Is Rolex British or
Hans_Wilsdorf
Clock that monitors the resonant frequency of atoms
Inclined plane Lever Pulley Screw Wedge Wheel and axle Clocks Atomic clock Chronometer Pendulum clock Quartz clock Compressors and pumps Archimedes' screw Eductor-jet
Atomic_clock
Quality seal for watches made in Geneva
are defined according to the NIHS standard 95-11 ( a/k/a ISO 3159) for chronometers. 3 These bulletins are obtained through the Geneva office of COSC. The
Geneva_Seal
18th and 19th-century French horologist, watchmaker and scientist
exceptionally broad body of work, in particular in the field of marine chronometers. Ferdinand Berthoud was born on 18 March 1727, in Plancemont, Val-de-Travers
Ferdinand_Berthoud
1980 novel by Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey was not able to fetch his own set of chronometers from home. After the standard issue ship chronometer is dropped and broken by the lieutenant while
The_Surgeon's_Mate
British watchmaker
revenue of £40 million. All of their watches are either COSC or ISO chronometer rated and built in the United Kingdom. Bremont was founded by brothers
Bremont
Swiss watch manufacturer
certified chronometers. With 61,358 automatic movements produced in 2013, Mido is currently ranked number four in the production of chronometers in the Swiss
Mido_(watch)
Adage about conflicting sources of information
List of chronometers on HMS Beagle Church of St Anne (Shandon) § Clock, known as "the four-faced liar" Triple modular redundancy § Chronometers Bloch,
Segal's_law
Swiss luxury watch company
Pinochet's military dictatorship, recalled receiving a Universal Genève chronometer wristwatch as a young man and still wearing it at the present, according
Universal_Genève
Science of the measurement of time
clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers, and atomic clocks are all examples of instruments used to measure time
Chronometry
Artisan who makes and repairs watches
Gérald Genta Chronometer watch Clockmaker Complication Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH History of timekeeping devices Marine chronometer National
Watchmaker
Measuring the depths of a body of water
replaced the sextant and chronometer to establish one's position at sea, but many mariners still carry a sextant and chronometer as a backup. Many small
Depth_sounding
Ball has moon face on the dial very nice and big
Testing Institute (COSC). In 2015 Ball Watch produced 5,031 COSC certified chronometers. Webb C. Ball set up "RR Standard" ("RR" for Rail Road) to assure a high
Ball_Watch_Company
for a long time was believed to be the first to have coined the word "chronometer" for precise clocks designed to find longitude at sea, though an earlier
Jeremy_Thacker
German Earth science research center
Electromagnetic dip number 1, G. Schulze, Potsdam (around 1900) Marine chronometer, A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte (1948) Square academic caps made with helmets
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
GFZ_Helmholtz_Centre_for_Geosciences
Synthesizer that uses digital signal processing to make sounds
was done on that system during 1971–1972 for Harrison Birtwistle's "Chronometer" released in 1975. In 1972–1974, Dartmouth Digital Synthesizer was developed
Digital_synthesizer
Aircraft controls
trim the aircraft. In addition, there may be a clipboard, checklist, or chronometer located in the yoke's center. Yokes are not used on all aircraft. Airships
Yoke_(aeronautics)
Physics problem related to laws of motion and gravity
at sea, solved in practice by John Harrison's invention of the marine chronometer. However, the accuracy of the lunar theory was low, due to the perturbing
Three-body_problem
Addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement
Museum in Rockford, Illinois, US, and was included in their Catalogue of Chronometers. A characteristic of this tourbillon is that it turns around two axes
Tourbillon
British watch company
Johannes Jahnke. The SH21 featured a five-day power reserve and COSC chronometer certification. The release was described by industry observers as “probably
Christopher_Ward_(watchmaker)
Japanese history from 1600 to 1868
Seiko Museum Ginza. Mechanism of "Man-nen dokei," a Historic Perpetual Chronometer Yuji Kubota (2005) Karakuri Nagoya, Tradition to the modern robot. Shobei
Edo_period
Topics referred to by the same term
DSC-H1, a Sony Cybershot digital camera H1, John Harrison's first marine chronometer Tianwen-1 (formerly Huoxing-1), first Chinese space probe to reach Mars
H1
English watch company
become principally a watch maker and, in the early 20th century, supplied chronometers and deck watches to the Royal Navy. Since the 1950s it has concentrated
Le_Cheminant
Device for physical exercise
Inclined plane Lever Pulley Screw Wedge Wheel and axle Clocks Atomic clock Chronometer Pendulum clock Quartz clock Compressors and pumps Archimedes' screw Eductor-jet
Exercise_machine
an Arms License Not Required (ALNR) certificate after testing using a chronometer, after which jurisdiction-specific identification marks be stamped on
Gun_law_in_India
First Swiss quartz watch to be produced
the test period of 0.003 seconds per day, by contrast even the best chronometers of the day were accurate to around 3–10 seconds per day. In 1969, two
Omega_Electroquartz
Elastic object that stores mechanical energy
Inclined plane Lever Pulley Screw Wedge Wheel and axle Clocks Atomic clock Chronometer Pendulum clock Quartz clock Compressors and pumps Archimedes' screw Eductor-jet
Spring_(device)
Norwegian mountaineer
record for the fastest ascent of the 14 highest peaks on Earth". Bremont chronometers. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023. Sanjib Adhikari (27 July 2023)
Kristin_Harila
Italian physicist and astronomer (1564–1642)
problem eventually required the development of a practical portable marine chronometer, such as that of John Harrison. Late in his life, when totally blind
Galileo_Galilei
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Good; Best; Well; Safe; Very Well; Goodness; Welfare; Health; Happiness
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cian, KEAN means "ancient, distant."
Boy/Male
Australian, Christian, French, Latin
Blessed
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, which is named from an ancient district name derived from Old English scrobb ‘scrub’, ‘brushwood’, + Old English byrig, dative case of burh ‘fortified place’.
Biblical
exaltation of help
Boy/Male
Indian
Chosen one, Another name of prophet Yaqub
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Beam of Light; Ray of Light
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sindhi, Telugu
Who can Not Die; Immortal
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
A Goddess
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
One who Serves a Wise Man
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n.
A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
n.
A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.
n.
A metronome.
a.
Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer.
n.
A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first.
n.
A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.
v. i.
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
n.
An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
n.
An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction.