Excerpt from Notes the Management of Chronometers and the Measurement of Meridian Distances In submitting to the notice of the naval profession a new edition of "Notes on the Management of Chronometers, and the Measurement of Meridian Distances," the Author has been desirous of rendering this work still more worthy of the favourable attention of students of nautical science. The whole work has been carefully revised, and many small improvements introduced. The writings of recent French authors, Givry, De Comulier, Lieussou, Mouchez, Vincendon Dumoulin, Coupvent Desbois, and Charles Ploix, have been carefully examined, and many valuable extracts from their works, taken chiefly from the pages of the "Recherches Chronometriques," a most useful publication, now in course of issue, under the auspices of the Minister of Marine at Paris, enrich the present volume both in the text and notes. The important questions of the effects of change of temperature, and the influence of the acceleration, have been fully entered into. For this purpose a new chapter (chapter vi.) has been interpolated in this edition, in which the systems of De Comulier, Lieussou, and Mouchez have been amply discussed and commented on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Portfolio of 8 charts accompanies v. 83.