chronometer

Example Sentences

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By the story’s chronometer, a mere eight months had passed.

From Salon

The firm went on to make marine chronometers and pocket watches for the public.

From BBC

He would set his pocket chronometer first thing, before tripping off in his buggy to clients who paid a fee to look at it and set their own timepieces.

From BBC

Plenty of interactive exhibits brings the voyage to life, including hands-on experimentation with a chronometer and Fresnel lens, outtakes from the duo’s journal, and short films.

From Seattle Times

But such was Worsley's genius with a sextant and a chronometer - maritime navigation instruments - there's high confidence in his calculated coordinates.

From BBC