[DOC] [TLE] Marine chronometer - Wikipedia [PAR] A marine chronometer is a timepiece that is precise and accurate enough to be 
used as a ... Navigators could determine their latitude by measuring the sun's 
angle at ... of a chronometer is to measure accurately the time of a known fixed 
location, ... of a ship at sea and the up to 0.2% variations in the gravity of Earth 
made a... [DOC] [TLE] History of longitude - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of longitude is a record of the effort, by navigators and scientists over 
several centuries, to discover a means of determining longitude. The 
measurement of longitude is important to both cartography and ... Ancient history[
edit] ... In the 11th century Al-Biruni believed the earth rotated on its axis and this 
forms our... [DOC] [TLE] History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia [PAR] For thousands of years, devices have been used to measure and keep track of 
time. The current sexagesimal system of time measurement dates to 
approximately 2000 BCE from the Sumerians. The Ancient Egyptians divided the 
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shadow cast by its crossbar on a... [DOC] [TLE] Water clock - Wikipedia [PAR] A water clock or clepsydra is any timepiece in which time is measured by the 
regulated flow of ... The Greeks and Romans advanced water clock design to 
include the inflow ... timekeeping device for calculating the amount or the time 
that a farmer must take ..... III: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and 
the Earth. [DOC] [TLE] About time - Mathematical Association of America [PAR] The measurement of time began with the invention of sundials in ancient ... 
Instead, each of these time-measuring devices carried elaborate systems of ... the 
cycle of day and night, and is independent of the clock's location on earth. ... With 
clocks, people could correlate their activities to a far greater degree than ever 
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adopting their arithmetic system is probably because 60 has ... The water clock, 
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devices-getting them to measure time interval accu- ... passage of the Pleiades 
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its axis, we. [DOC] [TLE] Telling Time without a Clock: The Scandinavian Daymarks [PAR] Aug 18, 1998 ... In modern times, precise time measurement is very important. ... Does everyone 
on Earth live in such a society? ... If the Sun rises high in the sky and its path 
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Egyptian system of .... In winter, tta must have seemed very dark indeed! [DOC] [TLE] Clocks - Crystalinks [PAR] A clock is an instrument for measuring time and for measuring time intervals of 
less .... The marker of the sundial, the gnomon is set parallel to the Earth's axis 
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was... [DOC] [TLE] The Great Pyramid Power Plant of Giza - Occult Physics Home [PAR] The Esoteric Secrets of the Pyramid Power Plant of the Ancient Egyptians. 
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Question: This ancient time-measuring device must be designed for its specific location on Earth
Answer: Sundial