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Marine chronometer

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Marine chronometer

A marine chronometer is a timekeeper precise enough to be used as a portable time standard; it can therefore be used to determine longitude by means of celestial navigation. It is a highly accurate mechanical clock.

Sea also: Act of the Queen Anne (Act of Parliament)