ship's clock

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ship's clock

[′ships ′kläk]

(horology)

A clock that rings to indicate the time according to the system of bells used on shipboard.

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"After inheriting his ship's clock, Roger became fascinated by maritime history and the associated memorabilia.

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If a ship's clock was out by just one minute it would mean a difference of 60 miles in the true position of the ship.

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Around midday the crew would shoot the Sun with sextants, determine local noon, and adjust the ship's clock accordingly to provide ship's time.

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And as the ship's clocks had gradually moved forward to catch up with British time, we didn't even have jet-lag.

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By dinner's end we are well into evening, and it is later than we think: The ship's clocks have been set forward an hour upon leaving New York.

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And as the ship's clocks had gradually moved forward to catch up with Irish time, we didn't even have jet-lag.

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The abundant evidence from primary sources allows us to conclude that on the evening of July 29, 1945, both the Indianapolis and the I-58 were observing the east longitude date convention, but with the submarine's clocks set 9 hours ahead of Greenwich, and the ship's clocks adjusted to a noninteger value 912 hours ahead of Greenwich.