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a Chronometer is a kind of stop watch tested and certified to meet precise requirements. The term was coined in England in 1714 refering to the invention of a clock in a vacuum (by John Harrison) It was an essential part of marine or air navigation until the invention of Global Satellite Navigation in the 20th Century

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