The Marine Chronometers of the Baudin Expedition to Australia – 1800-1840 – Hilary King

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A very professional offprint from the journal of Antiquarian Horology, 1977.

Softcover, largish format, 508-521, illustrations from charts, a view and a of course the chronometers which look so advanced for the time. Postage may be reduced on this item for domestic customers.

Of course like all of the scientific voyages of the time the use of these valuable accurate chronometers in order to calculate true longitude was as important as the creation of the internet in our time.

Here we have a special digested account of the voyage, the expedition timekeepers, their accounts, records and performance.

Baudin Expedition the use of the Chronometers.

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The Marine Chronometers of the Baudin Expedition to Australia – 1800-1840 – Hilary King

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