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Show j QX0-000CH ( ' How It Started By Jean Newton I J CKKKK0KCKOKX0X0 "CHRONOMETER" rllE chronometer Is a timekeeper used usually for determining long-iitnle long-iitnle at sea Its mechanism is essentially es-sentially Ihe same as that of an ordinary or-dinary watch with greater exactness. Usual'y much larger in size. It Is familiar fa-miliar lo visitors to (lie bridge deck of a ship as hanging in a frame of balancing rings railed "gimbals" which prevent the motion of the ship from great l. innin neiiig Its accuracy '( "hidtioaieler" is derived from "Ch imos" tiie:init:g lime and "me run." ine.isiii e. It i in the derivation .( the tirsl half of the wonl ibal we ;ml the roniatue in its story. For the b, onoino'ci owes- I lie origin of Its lame lo i character in Greek my holi'gy. lie was Chronos, first and chirt deity of the ancients, and the .-oil of Time. Hence the perpot uat ion j of his name in a modern timepiece! J (Copyright.) |