The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development, John Cronin Maritime chronometers are rare and precious items, crafted with care and precision, to provide an accurate means of measuring time and determining longitude at sea. Developed in the eighteenth century, these beautiful instruments were produced for the next two hundred years to the same design, and played a significant role in the growth of maritime trade, ultimately helping to shape the world as we know it today

中文書名：世界航海天文鐘製造商：附製造商與工匠詳盡名錄 英文書名：Chronometer Makers of the World: With Extensive List of Makers and Craftsmen 作者：Tony Mercer（湯尼・莫瑟） 出版單位：N.A.G. Press（N.A.G.出版社，Robert Hale Limited〔羅伯特・黑爾有限公司〕旗下出版品牌） 發行單位：Robert Hale Limited（羅伯特・黑爾有限公司） 出版日期：民國93年(2004)，修訂版；民國80年(1991)於英國首次出版 語言：英文 ISBN：978-0-7198-0340-6 規格：x＋301頁；約21.8 × 13.7 × 2.5公分；精裝，附護封；書中附黑白照片、彩色圖版、線圖及機械爆炸圖 出版地：英國倫敦 CHRONOMETER MAKERS OF THE WORLD 內容簡介 《世界航海天文鐘製造商：附製造商與工匠詳盡名錄》是Tony Mercer（湯尼・莫瑟）整理航海天文鐘發展史、製造者、工匠、機芯製造者與相關