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Box Chronometer - click to enlarge

Box Chronometer - click to enlarge

Box Chronometer - click to enlarge

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Box Chronometer

Catalogue number:
ME*314831

Inscriptions:
"NAVAL (/) OBSY (/) DUAL (/) Mark 1 Mod. O"

Dimensions:
bezel 4.75 inches diameter

Discussion:
This is a standard 2-day Kullberg instrument that was modified to indicate sideral time and the day of the year as well as mean time. The U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1953.

Marvin Whitney, The Ship's Chronometer p. 275.

Further Information:

Chronometer

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