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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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Marvin E. Mundel Industrial Engineering Collection, 1937-1996

Inventor Name Mundel, Marvin E.

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Madison, Wisconsin, Inventors, 1997

Inventor Name West Field, Cyrus; Dowd, Charles Ferdinand; Munger, George Nicholas; Coe, Walter H; Schailer, Reuben; Duryea, J. Frank Repository Guilford Free LibraryGuilford, CT Physical Description 1 item (11 typewritten p.)

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James Arthur Clock and Watch Collection, 1743-1967

Inventor Name Arthur, James

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Harold Lyons Atomic Clocks Collection, 1935-1991

Inventor Name Lyons, Harold

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National Company (NATCO) Atomic Clocks Records, 1955-1968

Inventor Name Atomic Clock

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Electronic Display World Newsletters, 1981-1999, 2001

Inventor Name Electronic Display World Newsletters

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Richard Bond Clock Escapement Video Documentation, 1997

Inventor Name Bond, Richard

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George Francis Thomas Papers, 1902-1912

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

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Eli Terry Letters Patent, 1826

Inventor Name Terry, Eli Repository Connecticut Historical SocietyOne Elizabeth Street at Asylum AvenueHartford, CT 06105860-236-5621http://www.chs.org/ Physical Description 1 item

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Benjamin B. Lewis Papers, 1861-1980, bulk 1861-1884

Inventor Name Lewis, Benjamin B.

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William Ainsworth Papers, 1884-1933

Inventor Name Ainsworth, William

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Folger Family Papers, 1676-1952

Inventor Name Folger, Walter

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Joseph Saxton, Unpublished Papers by Arthur H. Frazier

Inventor Name Saxton, Joseph Repository American Philosophical SocietyLibrary105 South Fifth StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19106-3386215-440-3400http://www.amphilsoc.org/

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Cranch Family Papers, 1749-1928

Inventor Name Cranch, Richard Repository Massachusetts Historical Society1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215-3695617-536-1608http://www.masshist.org/library_collections/

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Felix Meier, 1879-1906

Inventor Name Meier, Felix

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Ithaca Calendar Clock Company Collection, 1873-1968

Inventor Name Williams, George R.

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Robert Hitchcock Papers, 1859-1975

Inventor Name Hitchcock, Robert Repository Jefferson County Historical Society228 Washington StreetWatertown, NY 13601315-782-3491 Physical Description 0.3 cubic ft.

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Holmes family diaries, 1888-1902

Inventor Name Holmes, Joseph W. Repository Onondaga County Public LibraryHistorical Association311 Montgomery St.Syracuse, NY. 13202315-428-1862http://www.cnyhistory.org/

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Edward Everett Hayden Papers, 1817-1932

Inventor Name Hayden, Edward Everett Repository Library of CongressManuscript Division101 Independence Ave., SEWashington, DC. 20540-4680202-707-5387www.loc.gov Physical Description 12.4 linear ft.

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