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 Thomasina Ross
On leaving Ascension, we sailed for Bahia, on the coast of Brazil, in order to complete the chronometrical measurement of the world.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
At the age of 25 he employed his whole time in chronometrical improvements.
From Curious Epitaphs by Various
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 Herman Melville
To turn the left cheek if the right be smitten, is chronometrical; hence, no average son of man ever did such a thing.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
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