chronometer

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

The samples will also allow scientists to more precisely calibrate the "chronometer" they use to age surfaces on the inner Solar System planets.

From BBC

In one such film strip—viewable on Youtube—a Remington typist works next to a spinning chronometer.

From Salon

Prior to the donation, the museum’s one other chronometer was from World War II.

From Seattle Times

By the eighteenth century, some ships had become mobile labs in which instruments from sextants to chronometers were tested and improved, and ever more accurate sea charts plotted.

From Nature