why we simply made sure our marine chronometers were well oiled and set to greenwich mean time, and always kept a spare sextant and artificial horizon around
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
why we simply made sure our marine chronometers were well oiled and set to greenwich mean time, and always kept a spare sextant and artificial horizon around
@gianttourtiere.bsky.social Can I start issuing the crew jellyfish instead of their fleet-approved wrist chronometers
Off the coast of Japan, biologists netted a pea-size jellyfish with an unusual biological clock — a chance finding that suggests there are likely more overlooked cellular timekeeping mechanisms to be discovered. @mstarling.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/the-jellies-...
The Jellies That Evolved a Different Way To Keep Time | Quanta Magazine
Off the coast of Japan, biologists netted a pea-size jellyfish with an unusual circadian clock — a chance finding that suggests there are likely more overlooked biological timekeeping mechanisms to be...
www.quantamagazine.org
March 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
@gianttourtiere.bsky.social Can I start issuing the crew jellyfish instead of their fleet-approved wrist chronometers
*chuckling with rage
Me: “This joker thinks nautical almanacs had the same impact as chronometers. What a lunatic!”
Nurse: let’s get you back to your room
Me: “This joker thinks nautical almanacs had the same impact as chronometers. What a lunatic!”
Nurse: let’s get you back to your room
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
*chuckling with rage
Me: “This joker thinks nautical almanacs had the same impact as chronometers. What a lunatic!”
Nurse: let’s get you back to your room
Me: “This joker thinks nautical almanacs had the same impact as chronometers. What a lunatic!”
Nurse: let’s get you back to your room
Analog chronometers were retro in the 23rd century.
#TOSSatNight
#TOSSatNight
June 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Analog chronometers were retro in the 23rd century.
#TOSSatNight
#TOSSatNight
The Nelson Monument has been uncovered after a brush and scrub up. The historic Time Ball dating back to 1853 will once again be dropping at precisely 1pm to allow sailors to set their ships' chronometers.
@edinburghwh.bsky.social
@edinburghwh.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Nelson Monument has been uncovered after a brush and scrub up. The historic Time Ball dating back to 1853 will once again be dropping at precisely 1pm to allow sailors to set their ships' chronometers.
@edinburghwh.bsky.social
@edinburghwh.bsky.social
6/x FitzRoy's own work on that voyage was extraordinary: scores of charts, coastal views and harbour plans, many still in use a century later. He also took 22 chronometers to fix longitudes worldwide, and paid for an extra survey schooner out of his own pocket.
September 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
6/x FitzRoy's own work on that voyage was extraordinary: scores of charts, coastal views and harbour plans, many still in use a century later. He also took 22 chronometers to fix longitudes worldwide, and paid for an extra survey schooner out of his own pocket.
Ever since those new-fangled chronometers replaced dead reckoning, no navigator has been worth their salt.
August 19, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Ever since those new-fangled chronometers replaced dead reckoning, no navigator has been worth their salt.
No one who has ever had to feed an animal doubts they are nature's most atom-accurate chronometers.
August 2, 2026 at 12:17 PM
No one who has ever had to feed an animal doubts they are nature's most atom-accurate chronometers.
Chronometers are malfunctioning! How has it been 20 years since “In a Mirror, Darkly” aired? Infinite thanks to the #StarTrekEnterprise cast and crew for making it such a ride, a highlight of this fan’s career. 🖖 Enjoy some behind-the-scenes memories from the set!
April 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Chronometers are malfunctioning! How has it been 20 years since “In a Mirror, Darkly” aired? Infinite thanks to the #StarTrekEnterprise cast and crew for making it such a ride, a highlight of this fan’s career. 🖖 Enjoy some behind-the-scenes memories from the set!
#BlueSkyArtShow #vertical
Time ball tower, built in the 29th C. Used to drop a ball at 1pm each day so that ships could calibrate their chronometers. Working today but by remote control. South Australia
Time ball tower, built in the 29th C. Used to drop a ball at 1pm each day so that ships could calibrate their chronometers. Working today but by remote control. South Australia
October 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
#BlueSkyArtShow #vertical
Time ball tower, built in the 29th C. Used to drop a ball at 1pm each day so that ships could calibrate their chronometers. Working today but by remote control. South Australia
Time ball tower, built in the 29th C. Used to drop a ball at 1pm each day so that ships could calibrate their chronometers. Working today but by remote control. South Australia
They weren’t all riveters. My mother worked at Hamilton Watch Company during the war, making chronometers for the Navy.
March 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
They weren’t all riveters. My mother worked at Hamilton Watch Company during the war, making chronometers for the Navy.
They replaced the chronometers in the remaster. #TosSatNight
March 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
They replaced the chronometers in the remaster. #TosSatNight
"Quite frankly, Mr. President, we can clean their chronometers."
November 28, 2024 at 12:17 AM
"Quite frankly, Mr. President, we can clean their chronometers."
June 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Speaking of the Swiss, before WWII that's where we got all our marine chronometers - the only way to know your longitude at sea back then. The USG needed thousands, Hamilton invented a better, easier to make version, and made almost 9000 for the Navy.
February 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Speaking of the Swiss, before WWII that's where we got all our marine chronometers - the only way to know your longitude at sea back then. The USG needed thousands, Hamilton invented a better, easier to make version, and made almost 9000 for the Navy.
Conodonts! Eldritch chronometers and thermometers! With Terrifying Not-Teeth!
Conodonts are not just great biomarkers (the Mesozoic is defined by the first appearance of Hindeodus parvus), but paleothermometers as well. I'd published evidence for lethal surface water temperatures from early Triassic lingulids, but I didn't even believe it until conodont isotopes confirmed it.
Lethally Hot Temperatures During the Early Triassic Greenhouse
Global warming in the Early Triassic was so severe that equatorial latitudes were uninhabitable for many plants and animals.
www.science.org
February 20, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Conodonts! Eldritch chronometers and thermometers! With Terrifying Not-Teeth!
Somebody call Hamilton & see if they have a cache of naval chronometers in a back room
June 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Somebody call Hamilton & see if they have a cache of naval chronometers in a back room
Sextants, parallel rulers and chronometers FTW too ...
March 13, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Sextants, parallel rulers and chronometers FTW too ...
yeah it's a hoax invented in 1761 to sell more marine chronometers
October 26, 2023 at 8:49 PM
yeah it's a hoax invented in 1761 to sell more marine chronometers
#StarTrekTNG "The Forgotten"
Worf learns that Ensign Sito Jaxa, presumed dead, may still be alive. After Daylightyear Saving Time, Guinan must manually set the chronometers on all of the replicators forward one hour. Transporter chief: Neneh Cherry.
Worf learns that Ensign Sito Jaxa, presumed dead, may still be alive. After Daylightyear Saving Time, Guinan must manually set the chronometers on all of the replicators forward one hour. Transporter chief: Neneh Cherry.
![A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows:
alternate history of the Revolutionary War. King George: Tim Roth. George Washington: Harvey Keitel. John Adams: Michael Madsen.
7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min.
Worf learns that Ensign Sito Jaxa, presumed dead, may still be alive. After Daylightyear Saving Time, Guinan must manually set the chronometers on all of the replicators forward one hour. Transporter chief: Neneh Cherry.
[SHO] MOVIE(CC)—Action; 2 hrs. 30 min.
“Where’s The Beef: The Movie.” Clara Peller. Al](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yulpnkidj3dkdip5ma3c3ssn/bafkreibfvns7qmfanjqarqpcv56px2g5l4x75ufvw6d4zj6tijg7at7moq)
March 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
#StarTrekTNG "The Forgotten"
Worf learns that Ensign Sito Jaxa, presumed dead, may still be alive. After Daylightyear Saving Time, Guinan must manually set the chronometers on all of the replicators forward one hour. Transporter chief: Neneh Cherry.
Worf learns that Ensign Sito Jaxa, presumed dead, may still be alive. After Daylightyear Saving Time, Guinan must manually set the chronometers on all of the replicators forward one hour. Transporter chief: Neneh Cherry.
This blog about Emily Kelsall is fascinating.
Another woman whose history is entwined with the parliament buildings is Elizabeth Dent. She ran a major business specialising in clocks and chronometers. In 1861 she won the prestigious contract for the maintenance of Big Ben.
Another woman whose history is entwined with the parliament buildings is Elizabeth Dent. She ran a major business specialising in clocks and chronometers. In 1861 she won the prestigious contract for the maintenance of Big Ben.
We are now at K in our #1832AtoZ. Fittingly for #WomensHistoryMonth we have Emily Kelsall, who laid the foundation stone of the clock tower of the new Palace of Westminster in 1843. Find out why this 15 year old from Rochdale was chosen for this task: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/f...
From Rochdale to Westminster: Emily Kelsall and the new Houses of Parliament
This post from our assistant editor Dr Kathryn Rix was first published on the Parliamentary Archives: Inside the Act Room blog, which has many more articles to read on parliamentary history, from t…
victoriancommons.wordpress.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This blog about Emily Kelsall is fascinating.
Another woman whose history is entwined with the parliament buildings is Elizabeth Dent. She ran a major business specialising in clocks and chronometers. In 1861 she won the prestigious contract for the maintenance of Big Ben.
Another woman whose history is entwined with the parliament buildings is Elizabeth Dent. She ran a major business specialising in clocks and chronometers. In 1861 she won the prestigious contract for the maintenance of Big Ben.
(Not) Odo and Clean Their Chronometers 😜
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
(Not) Odo and Clean Their Chronometers 😜
I just want my analog chronometers back if you’re gonna do this nonsense 😭
September 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just want my analog chronometers back if you’re gonna do this nonsense 😭