chronometrical

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At the age of 25 he employed his whole time in chronometrical improvements.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

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

I myself possess a clock that for complicated unconventionality and light-hearted independence, could, I should think, give points to anything yet discovered in the chronometrical line.

From Clocks by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

The application of delicate optical and chronometrical instruments has rendered the measurement of this horizontal power susceptible of a degree of accuracy far surpassing that attained in any other magnetic determinations.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von

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