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Bond Chronometer

Bond Chronometer

 

Boston clockmaker William Cranch Bond constructed this specialized timepiece, used to determine longitude at sea, during the War of 1812.
Image Number: SI 83-9987
Credit: Photo by Dane Penland, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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