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Re: HMS Bounty chronometer
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2004 May 18, 22:08 -0700
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2004 May 18, 22:08 -0700
George Huxtable wrote: > > of my surveys or drawings." Later he adds "To Mr Samuel I am indebted for > securing my journals and commission, with some material ship papers. ... He > attempted to save the time-keeper, and a box with my surveys, drawings, and Regarding that "time-keeper," I have a library book, "Revolution in Time" by David S. Landes. It has a photo of Harrison's #1 and #4 chronometers, and Larcum Kendall's #1 and #2. All four are shown together, apparently in a museum display. According to the photo caption, Kendall #2 "was Captain William Bligh's chronometer on the Bounty and was seized in the mutiny of 1789. It did not find its way back to England until 1843." Regrettably, I see nothing in the text about this chronometer's story.
