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The 25 pages that link to Marine chronometer, each with the reason it gives.

• James CookRelated: Cook’s voyages used chronometers to improve the accuracy of Pacific longitude measurements.

• LongitudeRelated: Comparing its time with local solar time gives a ship's longitude.

• Marine navigationRelated: Accurate time enabled longitude calculations during ocean voyages.

• SextantRelated: Comparing sextant observations with Greenwich time makes longitude calculations possible.

• HMS BeagleRelated: Accurate timekeeping helped the ship calculate longitude while surveying.

• Nautical almanacRelated: Combining its time with almanac positions makes longitude calculations possible.

• European exploration of the PacificRelated: Reliable longitude measurement made Pacific charts and routes substantially more accurate.

• Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenRelated: Accurate timekeeping helped the expedition fix positions far from known coasts.

• Matthew FlindersRelated: Accurate timekeeping helped Flinders fix positions along unfamiliar coasts.

• Russian Arctic explorationRelated: Reliable longitude measurements improved the accuracy of Arctic coastal charts.

• GimbalRelated: Its reliable operation aboard a rolling vessel illustrates the value of level-preserving mounts.

• KnotRelated: Reliable timekeeping made speed estimates based on timed log-line runs more useful.

• Louis Antoine de BougainvilleRelated: Reliable longitude estimates helped make long ocean crossings safer.

• StopwatchRelated: Its precision and portability belonged to the same timekeeping tradition as mechanical stopwatches.

• Jules Dumont d'UrvilleRelated: Accurate timekeeping helped explorers fix positions while surveying remote waters.

• HMS EndeavourRelated: No marine chronometer was aboard; Cook’s longitude calculations relied chiefly on lunar observations.