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Marine chronometer with fragment of letter from Nelson to Bladen Capell written on Victory and dated December 9 1804. The letter has been accessed by the manuscripts section as MS83/133.
The chronometer is gimballed in a mahogany and brass box with key. Brass bezel and silvered dial.
The chronometer is gimballed in a mahogany and brass box with key. Brass bezel and silvered dial.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0274 |
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| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Marine chronometer |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Earnshaw, Thomas |
| Date made: | circa 1829; circa 1850 |
| Exhibition: | Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Capell, Bladen Arthur Capell Banbury, John Russell, Edward |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 175 x 180 x 175 mm |