Chronometer used in a sentence

Chronometer in a sentence as a noun

Here's a good summary of what happened to K2, the chronometer on the Bounty.

A trustworthy deck chronometer used to be one of the most important pieces of tech on the planet.

He may have refined the design during that time, but the H1 chronometer was completed during the 1730s.

Sorry, I misspoke, Clock B was a land clock designed after the marine chronometer H4. Pendulum clocks don’t work at sea.

I like chronometer-style watches but they always seem too big. I really do like the look of this, so I hope it's a good fit - and if it's not for me, then I hope it is for enough people to drive development of a slimmer version.

Rolex doesn't even submit them for Swiss chronometer certification any more.

Rolex doesn't even provide chronometer certification for their watches.

I don't know how the lightning rod didn't come up in my googling!Total aside, re: the chronometer, the 1750s definitely was not when it came into existence.

"In English:"In case of failure of the chronometer or of error by the chronometer, the arbiter can, all by himself, decide the time remaining.

Chart data is copied forward from older charts, many of which were made in the 1800s, those guys were good with a sextant, chronometer, and a pen, but when near land you need your eyeballs.

I used to be a big fan of these watches; cheap, durable, has an alarm and a chronometer, doesn't look completely dorky, and they even acquired a certain coolness factor at some point.

Interestingly, article fails to mention John Harrison [1], the inventor of marine chronometer.

> Cargo pants are fashion-as-pretend-occupation — when not at work, wear a fancy chronometer to suggest you’re a pilot or a diver, or camo to suggest you’re in the military.

Cargo pants are fashion-as-pretend-occupation — when not at work, wear a fancy chronometer to suggest you’re a pilot or a diver, or camo to suggest you’re in the military.

The quality of the sextant and the navigator determined the error of the visual reckoning of one's position relative to the stars, the time error was down to the quality of the on-ship chronometer.

You may say that Harriosn won at the end, but it was kind of bitter victory.\nArticle quotes praise from Cook, but on next voyages Cook also tested chronometers made according to Harrison's design and praised them as well.\nIf you are into this stuff there is a book "Longitude" by Dava Sobel.

I doubt it; wristwatches have origin in the military need for a readily accessible chronometer for coordination among forces in different locations, and I tend to think that their having become popular in civilian life is an accident of history resulting from millions of soldiers having worn their watches home from the two world wars.