Waltham 8 day Ship's Deck Chronometer/Clock
Title
Waltham 8 day Ship's Deck Chronometer/Clock
Subject
Time Measurement
Description
This gimbaled, eight-day marine chronometer is a deck clock made by Waltham in Waltham, Massachusetts, made around 1910. The mount is to keep the clock face horizontal even if the box (and ship) roll in various ways. A glass plate covered the instrument so that water could not enter the clock.
Source
Property of the W&L Physics & Engineering Department
- Date Added
- December 15, 2011
- Tags
- Time Measurement
- Citation
- “Waltham 8 day Ship's Deck Chronometer/Clock,” Antique Scientific Instruments at Washington and Lee University, accessed November 7, 2024, https://physicsapparatus.omeka.net/items/show/53.