chronometer
Example Sentences
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By the story’s chronometer, a mere eight months had passed.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
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 • Apr. 13, 2022
The magnetic compass, gunpowder, the printing press, the chronometer, the cotton gin, the steam engine and the water wheel are among the many examples.
From Scientific American • Aug. 24, 2020
The instruments on board – chronometer, thermometer, barometer, compass – were, at the time, state-of-the-art.
From Reuters • Dec. 11, 2019
Then, while Shackleton stood by with the chronometer, Worsley would wait until the boat reached the top of the wave and the horizon came into sight, then shout “Now!” as he shot the sun.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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