Marine Chronometer

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The Marine Chronometer:
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Historical Context

Sundials - The original Real-Time Display

Ptolemy - Projecting the Grid

The Shape of the Earth - Towards a more precise map

Longitude and the World-Picture

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Henricus Hondius' 1633 World Map. Note the distortion of the Mediterranean Sea and the necessity of two seperate hemispheres.

Greenwich and the Longitude Prize

Timekeeping, Synchronicity, and Nodal Representation

Legacies of the flat representation of Curvilinear Space