... and firmly bolted to the beams of the deck below. Each partition should in depth be about equal to that of the largest box of the chronometers to be stowed away, and in length and breadth about two inches longer than the sides of the box it is intended... Notes on the Management of Chronometers and the Measurement of Meridian ... - Page 12 by Sir Charles Frederick Alexander SHADWELL - 1855 - 158 pages Full view -
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