Chronometer
Creation: 1905
Until the mid-18th century, sailors traveling out of sight of land had few ways of measuring their longitude. It could be done if the ship could know the time difference between local time and some set standard. The chronomer allowed for the accurate measure of such a standard time, e.g. GMT. This chronometer is part of the Garland Collection of Scientific Instruments.
Title
Chronometer
Contributor
Date
Creation: 1905
Description
Until the mid-18th century, sailors traveling out of sight of land had few ways of measuring their longitude. It could be done if the ship could know the time difference between local time and some set standard. The chronomer allowed for the accurate measure of such a standard time, e.g. GMT. This chronometer is part of the Garland Collection of Scientific Instruments.
Rights
Copyright; licensed to Vanderbilt University
Format
Chronometers
Source
Item on loan from the Arthur J. Dyer Observatory
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Citation
“Chronometer,” Gallery, accessed September 10, 2026, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/970.