[NAVAL CHRONOMETER]. James McCabe Warship Chronometer. Lond...
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The chronometer was one of the most important and essential pieces aboard ship at the period and together with the compass, the sole source of Navigation. Chart distances and navigational headings were maintained only through accurate measurement of time through devices such as these. The instrument is linked to several sources of provenance including two of the Asprey catalogs mentioned previously, purchase records from 1979, correspondence with the Naval Museum and copies of period service records. Very rare. This chronometer served on the H. M. S. Eclipse (1873); the chronometer was then sent to various locations, including McCabe (1878), Devonport (1879), Pyott (1887), Sydney (1888), Portsmouth (1892), Cape of Good Hope (1896), Portsmouth (1900).
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