Other important timekeeping tools include the sundial, the hourglass, the clock and the marine chronometer.

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The Tissot Le Locle Chronometer scored a respectable 764 out of 1000 points.

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Then Economou switched to legal research, renaming his companyH5 in tribute to 18th-century English clockmaker John Harrison, whose fourth chronometer, commonly known as "H4, " enabled modern sea navigation.

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In 1761, a British carpenter named John Harrison built the first marine chronometer, capable of keeping time on board a rolling boat and providing ship captains with a way to determine their longitude during a voyage.

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At any rate, the scientist in him would have been intrigued to learn that Goethe-ites have set up an Internet website chronometer that ticks off in milliseconds the time to their idol's birthday on August 28th.

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