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John Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693 – 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the ...
Date of birth: 24 March 1693
Date of death: 24 March 1776
Nationality: British
Occupation: Inventor
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The Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) is a miniaturized, ultra-precise mercury-ion atomic clock for precise radio navigation in deep space. It is orders of magnitude more stable than existing navigation ...
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In horology, a complication refers to any feature in a mechanical timepiece beyond the simple display of hours, minutes and seconds. A timepiece indicating only hours, minutes and seconds is known as a ...
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HODINKEE is a blog, e-commerce site, and co-creator of watches. The name is derived from the Czech and Slovak word for wristwatch, “hodinky”.
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Sidereal time ("sidereal" pronounced sy-DEER-ee-əl, sə-) is a system of timekeeping used especially by astronomers. Using sidereal time and the celestial coordinate system, it is easy to locate the po ...
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A time standard is a specification for measuring time: either the rate at which time passes or points in time or both. In modern times, several time specifications have been officially recognized as s ...
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A digital clock displays the time digitally (i.e. in numerals or other symbols), as opposed to an analogue clock.
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Chronological dating
method mostly used in identification of various fossils which are about millions and billions years old
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Chronological dating, or simply dating, is the process of attributing to an object or event a date in the past, allowing such object or event to be located in a previously established chronology. This ...
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Intercalation (timekeeping)
insertion of a leap day, week, or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases
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Intercalation or embolism in timekeeping is the insertion of a leap day, week, or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases. Lunisolar calendars may require ...
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Stopwatch
analog or digital timepiece designed to measure an amount of time, having push buttons to start/stop and reset a time stopping action
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A stopwatch is a timepiece designed to measure the amount of time that elapses between its activation and deactivation.
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Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated "seize the day", taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC).
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Eternity
endless time, an infinite duration
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Eternity, in common parlance, is an infinite amount of time that never ends or the quality, condition or fact of being everlasting or eternal. Classical philosophy, however, defines eternity as what is ...
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A chronometer (Ancient Greek: χρονόμετρον, khronómetron, "time measurer") is an extraordinarily accurate mechanical timepiece, with an original focus on the needs of maritime navigation. In Switzerland ...
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Periodization
process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time
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In historiography, periodization is the process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified, and named blocks of time for the purpose of study or analysis. This is usually done to understand ...
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Quartz clocks and quartz watches are timepieces that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency, so that ...
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The modern 24-hour clock is the convention of timekeeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours. This is indicated by the hours (and minutes) passed since midnight ...
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Atomic clock
extremely accurate reference clock used as a standard for timekeeping
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An atomic clock is a clock that measures time by monitoring the resonant frequency of atoms. It is based on atoms having different energy levels. Electron states in an atom are associated with different ...
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Universal Time
time standard based on the slowing rotation of the Earth
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Universal Time (UT or UT1) is a time standard based on Earth's rotation. While originally it was mean solar time at 0° longitude, precise measurements of the Sun are difficult. Therefore, UT1 is computed ...
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A marine chronometer is a precision timepiece that is carried on a ship and employed in the determination of the ship's position by celestial navigation. It is used to determine longitude by comparing ...
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Regnal year
year(s) of the reign of a sovereign (in ordinal timeline)
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A regnal year is a year of the reign of a sovereign, from the Latin regnum meaning kingdom, rule. Regnal years considered the date as an ordinal, not a cardinal number. For example, a monarch could have ...
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