chronometrical

Sometimes I wonder if an hour like that is real time; or is it, instead, a kind of chronometrical fairy, having no real existence on the dial, but only in essence.

Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

Indeed, these presuppositions have been confirmed by the general theory: They are spatiality and temporality as "unintuitive schema of order" in general (as distinct from any particular chronometrical relations), the law of causality and presupposition of continuity, the principle of sufficient reason, and the conservation laws.

Early Philosophical Interpretations of General Relativity Ryckman, Thomas A. 2006

Fuego, commenced under Captain King in 1826 to 1830 -- to survey the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific -- and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Fuego, commenced under Captain King in 1826 to 1830 -- to survey the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific -- and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Brazil, in order to complete the chronometrical measurement of the world.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Brazil, in order to complete the chronometrical measurement of the world.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The object of the expedition was to complete the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, commenced under Captain King in 1826 to 1830—to survey the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific—and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World.

Chapter I 1909

New Zealand, and Australia, in order to carry out the chain of chronometrical measurements round the world.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

The chronometrical measurements were completed in the Indian Ocean by a visit to Mauritius, and thence, voyaging around the Cape of Good Hope, to the islands of St. Helena and Ascension, in the Southern Atlantic, and to the mainland of Brazil at Bahia and Pernambuco, from which the course was set for home.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

On leaving Ascension, we sailed for Bahia, on the coast of Brazil, in order to complete the chronometrical measurement of the world.

Chapter XXI 1909