America’s Timekeepers: How William Bond’s Marine Chronometers Guided a New World
By Alexandra Loli, PhD | Business Partners, Nov-Dec, 2025
From the late 18th century, as ships sailed across vast oceans in pursuit of exploration and trade, the difference between safety and disaster often depended on a few seconds of time. Determining a ship’s longitude required knowing the precise time at a fixed point—usually Greenwich, England—and comparing it with local time at sea. The device…
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