chronometrical

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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

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

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

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

It was thus when the discovery of the different expansibilities of metals by heat, gave us the means of correcting our chronometrical measurements of astronomical periods.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert

The situations of the following places, which were either fixed by us or adapted from other authorities, served as the basis of the chronometrical determination of the longitudes of the intermediate parts.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker