chronometrical

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We took their direction with the compass, and some ran north-east, others east-north-east, though the general movement of the ocean, indicated by comparing the reckoning with the chronometrical longitude, continued to be south-east.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

Sometimes I wonder if an hour like that is real time; or is it, instead, a kind of chronometrical fairy, having no real existence on the dial, but only in essence.

From Friendship Village by Gale, Zona

This chronometrical conceit does by no means involve the justification of all the acts which wicked men may perform.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

I present consolation to the earnest man, who, among all his human frailties, is still agonizingly conscious of the beauty of chronometrical excellence.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

To give all that thou hast to the poor, this too is chronometrical; hence no average son of man ever did such a thing.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman