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title: "The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development Hardcover – Big Book, 30 June 2010"
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# The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development Hardcover – Big Book, 30 June 2010

**Brand:** john cronin
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- **What is this?** The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development Hardcover – Big Book, 30 June 2010 by john cronin
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## Customer Reviews

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    Brilliant
  

*by J***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2019*

The book is quite good informatively and pictorially.

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    The Marine Chronometer by John Cronin
  

*by P***D on Reviewed in the United States on 5 June 2013*

The author presents an excellent synthesis of the available literature, providing a concise, yet thorough overview of the problem of how to find longitude at sea and its solution by developing and using accurate timekeepers. All the major personalities involved are discussed - John Harrison - the first to design and make a practical sea clock and his hard-fought `battles' with The Board of Longitude - subsequent important developments in England and France, such as by Arnold and Earnshaw - and their rivalries - and to the `finished' design that emerged in the nineteenth century.Technical descriptions are carefully explained and carried through to make it easy to understand, which provides a good basis for further reading, and a thorough description, with diagrams, is provided to explain the workings of a chronometer. There is also a look at how the chronometer-making industry was organized in the UK and at some of the most important makers in Europe and the USA, and a section on chronometer maintenance. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings - and has a few nuggets of rare information - such as the necessity of smuggling pinion jewels out of France to Spain during World War II, which were then sent to the U.K. for use in the all-important making of chronometers that were so necessary for the war effort.

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    Outstanding Book on Watches
  

*by F***R on Reviewed in Canada on 9 September 2011*

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Pictures and text were very informative and entertaining. Recommended to those who love watches. Pick it up and it's to hard top put down

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