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Pocket chronometer in a silver-gilt case, within a later mahogany deck box. Mainspring has been replaced with letter from Dent's to Capt. Richards 4 January 1910. Full-plate, Earnshaw escapement and compensation balance, helical oversprung. Said to have been used by Capt McClure in search fro Franklin 1850-4.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0019 |
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| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Pocket chronometer |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Earnshaw, Thomas; John Arnold & Son |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854 |
| Vessels: | Investigator (1848) |
| Date made: | 1789 |
| People: | McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 71 x 50 x 13 mm |