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Box Chronometer without Case circa 1825
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Invention, Time, and Navigation

How the sea clock changed navigation and timekeeping.

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David Thompson Notebooks and Journals, 1789-1851, 1864

Inventor Name Thompson, David Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3Canada416-327-16001-800-668-9933 (Toll-free number-Ontario only)www.archives.gov.on.ca

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Robert Studebaker Oral History, 1998

Inventor Name Studebaker, Robert

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Waldemar A. Ayres Collection, 1954-1974

Inventor Name Ayres, Waldemar A.

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Elmer Ambrose Sperry Papers, 1876-1931

Inventor Name Sperry, Elmer Ambrose

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Elmer Ambrose Sperry Electrochemistry Files, 1896-1921

Inventor Name Sperry, Elmer Ambrose

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Elmer Ambrose Sperry Patent Records and Laboratory Notebooks, 1882-1933

Inventor Name Sperry, Elmer Ambrose

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Elbert C. Isom Papers, 1921-1969

Inventor Name Isom, Elbert C. Repository University of WyomingAmerican Heritage CenterDept. 39241000 E. University AvenueLaramie, WY 82071307-766-4114http://ahc.uwyo.edu/default.htm

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C. L. Sainsbury Papers, 1948-1993

Inventor Name Sainsbury, C.L. Repository University of WyomingAmerican Heritage CenterDept. 39241000 E. University AvenueLaramie, WY 82071307-766-4114http://ahc.uwyo.edu/default.htm

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William Austin Burt Notebook, 1841

Inventor Name Burt, William Austin Repository Bentley Historical LibraryUniversity of Michigan1150 Beal AvenueAnn Arbor, MI 48109-2213734-764-3482http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/

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William Ainsworth Papers, 1884-1933

Inventor Name Ainsworth, William

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Henry C. Burt Papers, 1896-1953 (bulk 1944-1953)

Inventor Name Burt, Henry C. Repository Clarke Historical LibraryPreston and Franklin StreetsCentral Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, MI 48859989-774-3352http://clarke.cmich.edu

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Bellamy Family Papers, 1865-1960

Inventor Name Bellamy Family

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Charles Henry Hall Papers, 1915-1916

Inventor Name Hall, Charles Henry Repository Connecticut Historical SocietyOne Elizabeth Street at Asylum AvenueHartford, CT 06105860-236-5621http://www.chs.org/

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John Stevens Collection, 1808-1881

Inventor Name Stevens, John

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Edward Jones Willis Papers, 1919-1964

Inventor Name Willis, Edward Jones

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Philip Van Horn Weems Papers, 1927-1970

Inventor Name Weems, Philip Van Horn Repository National Museum of American HistorySmithsonian InstitutionDivision of Naval HistoryWashington, DC 20560202-357-1883 Physical Description ca. 9 ft.

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