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Description A Ship's Two-Day Marine Chronometer by William B. Crisp and Thomas Russell & Son, Maker to the Queen, London & Liverpool (made about 1865). The Royal Observatory, Greenwich.[1] Two-day marine chronometer with an Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement and a bimetal compensation balance. This chronometer was used on the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert III (launched in 1899) together with another chronometer[2], and almost certainly on its predecessor, Victoria & Albert II (launched 1855).
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Author Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia
Camera location51° 28′ 40.04″ N, 0° 00′ 04.17″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Tatters ❀ at https://flickr.com/photos/62938898@N00/34679616702. It was reviewed on 11 June 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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  1. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich Object 6045
  2. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich Object 6972

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