Managing precision: how to use chronometers accurately at sea.

IF 0.9 3区 哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Annals of Science Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-02 DOI:10.1080/00033790.2023.2288142
Emily Akkermans
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Marine chronometers, often considered precision instruments, proliferated in navigational practices during the nineteenth century. This paper examines their use in the hands of naval officers in the early-nineteenth century. It argues that both the instruments and their operators required careful management and regulation. In addition, officers learnt and adapted observatory practices relating to the process of data collection and management. Through these means, chronometric data was collected, organized, and reduced to negotiate accurate results.

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精确管理:如何在海上准确使用天文钟。
航海天文钟通常被视为精密仪器,在十九世纪的航海实践中大量出现。本文探讨了十九世纪初海军军官使用航海天文钟的情况。本文认为,这些仪器及其操作人员都需要精心管理和规范。此外,军官们还学习并调整了与数据收集和管理过程有关的观测实践。通过这些方法,测时数据得以收集、整理和还原,从而得出准确的结果。
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