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During the latter part of the 19th century, ships' sextants would have been brought to Bidston Observatory for setting accurate Greenwich Mean Time and rating. Rating included checking the temperature response of the sextant using the 'hotbox' developed by the Obsevatory

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   Also known as '''Marine Chronometer'''
-<blockquote>This is an example of a marine chronometer, made by Victor Kullberg, which is in the Royal Museums Greenwich. Marine chronometers were used to keep accurate Greenwich mean time at sea. In conjunction with a sextant to observe local noon time, this allowed the determination of longitude (defined relative to the zero longitude at Greenwich.
+<blockquote>This is an example of a marine chronometer, made by Victor Kullberg, which is in the Royal Museums Greenwich. Marine chronometers were used to keep accurate Greenwich mean time at sea. In conjunction with a sextant to observe local noon time, this allowed the determination of longitude (defined relative to the zero longitude at Greenwich).
 During the latter part of the 19th century, ships' chronometers would have been brought to Bidston Observatory for setting accurate Greenwich Mean Time and rating. Rating included checking the temperature response of the chronometer using the 'hotbox' developed by the Obsevatory's Director John Hartnup.

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   Also known as '''Marine Chronometer'''
-<blockquote>During the latter part of the 19th century, ships' chronometers would have been brought to Bidston Observatory for setting accurate Greenwich Mean Time and rating. Rating included checking the temperature response of the chronometer using the 'hotbox' developed by the Obsevatory's Director John Hartnup.</blockquote>
+<blockquote>This is an example of a marine chronometer, made by Victor Kullberg, which is in the Royal Museums Greenwich. Marine chronometers were used to keep accurate Greenwich mean time at sea. In conjunction with a sextant to observe local noon time, this allowed the determination of longitude (defined relative to the zero longitude at Greenwich.
 [[File:Victor Kullberg marine chronometer - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg|400px|Victor Kullberg marine chronometer displayed in Royal Museums Greenwich]]
 [[Category:Instruments]]

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 <blockquote>During the latter part of the 19th century, ships' chronometers would have been brought to Bidston Observatory for setting accurate Greenwich Mean Time and rating. Rating included checking the temperature response of the chronometer using the 'hotbox' developed by the Obsevatory's Director John Hartnup.</blockquote>
-[[File:Victor Kullberg marine chronometer - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg|400px|Chronometer displayed in Royal Museums Greenwich]]
+[[File:Victor Kullberg marine chronometer - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg|400px|Victor Kullberg marine chronometer displayed in Royal Museums Greenwich]]
 [[Category:Instruments]]

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−	During the latter part of the 19th century, ships' ~~sextants~~ would have been brought to Bidston Observatory for setting accurate Greenwich Mean Time and rating. Rating included checking the temperature response of the ~~sextant~~ using the 'hotbox' developed by the Obsevatory	+	<blockquote>During the latter part of the 19th century, ships' chronometers would have been brought to Bidston Observatory for setting accurate Greenwich Mean Time and rating. Rating included checking the temperature response of the chronometer using the 'hotbox' developed by the Obsevatory's Director John Hartnup.</blockquote>
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		+	[[File:Victor Kullberg marine chronometer - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg\|400px\|Chronometer displayed in Royal Museums Greenwich]]
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		+	[[Category:Instruments]]