Lays down the definition of the term "chronometer", describing the categoeries, the test programme and the acceptable minimum requirements for wrist-chronometers. Wristwatches using a tuning fork oscillator are subjected to these tests pending the availability of separate standards. This title may contain less than 24 pages of technical content.

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Ever need a fact or quotation on "chronometers"? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this word. It represents a compilation of "single sentences" and/or "short paragraphs" from a var[Read More]

From a chance acquisition of a battered leather-bound notebook, an extensive and extremely well-written narrative was revealed which recounted the life of a midshipman in the East India Company, through to the time when he owned his own vessels and settled in Tasmania. "Chronometer Jack" is an outstanding autobiography by John Miller, an Edinburgh-[Read More]