2 options
The mercurial chronometer improv'd : or, a supplement to a book entituled, An essay, wherein a method is humbly propos'd for measuring equal time with the utmost exactness; without the Necessity of being confin'd to Clocks, Watches, or any other Horological Movements; in order to discover the Longitude at Sea. In which all Objections that are in the least rational are remov'd, and the Method confirm'd. By the author of that essay.
Online version Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, James, of Calne, Wilts.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Standardized Title:
- Essay wherein a method is humbly propos'd for measuring equal time with the utmost exactness. Supplement
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chronometers--Early works to 1800.
- Chronometers.
- Mercury as a working fluid--Early works to 1800.
- Mercury as a working fluid.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 28 pages,plate ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Morphew in Stationers-Court, near Stationers-Hall, MDCCXV. [1715]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Preface signed and dated: J. Clarke. Calne, Feb. 15. 1714.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, N3848.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.