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| Description | A Ship's Two-Day Marine Chronometer by William B. Crisp and Thomas Russell & Son, Maker to the Queen, London & Liverpool (made about 1865). The Royal Observatory, Greenwich.[1] Two-day marine chronometer with an Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement and a bimetal compensation balance. This chronometer was used on the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert III (launched in 1899) together with another chronometer[2], and almost certainly on its predecessor, Victoria & Albert II (launched 1855). |
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| Source | Royal time chronometer |
| Author | Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Tatters ❀ at https://flickr.com/photos/62938898@N00/34679616702. It was reviewed on 11 June 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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| current | 09:25, 17 November 2021 | | 1,582 × 1,080 (1.16 MB) | Francis Flinch | touched up image |
| 06:05, 11 June 2017 |  | 1,582 × 1,080 (542 KB) | Josve05a | == {{int:filedesc}} == =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |Description=The Royal Observatory, Greenwich |Source=[https://www.flickr.com/photos/tgerus/34679616702/ Royal time chronometer] |Date=2016-09-20 14:17 |Author=[https://www.flickr.com/people/... |
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