1 option
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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, James, of Calne, Wilts.
- 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:
- 1 online resource (28p.,plate )
- Other Title:
- Mercurial chronometer improv'd
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Morphew in Stationers-Court, near Stationers-Hall, MDCCXV. [1715]
- Notes:
- Preface signed and dated: J. Clarke. Calne, Feb. 15. 1714.
- Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, N3848.
- OCLC:
- 642199611
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 If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.