Marine Chronometer
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"The fundamental event of the modern age is the conquest of the world as picture." - Heidegger, "The Age of the World Picture"
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Although it is widely considered the John Harrison's invention of the Marine Chronometer in 1714
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Historical Context
Sundials - The original Real-Time Display
The division of day and night is our most fundamental reference for marking the passage of time, yet the sundial, from its most primitive beginnings, made it possible to subdivide time even further, transforming day from the general presence of sunlight to an incremental passage of reference
Ptolemy - Projecting the Grid
The Shape of the Earth - Towards a more precise map
Longitude and the World-Picture
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Greenwich and the Longitude Prize
Timekeeping, Synchronicity, and Nodal Representation
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Legacies of the flat representation of Curvilinear Space
Staying Tuned: Towards a Distributed Nomadic Standard
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Although the cartographic achievements that proliferated in the wake of Harrison's chronometer heralded in an era of unprecedented accuracy in Cartography, perhaps its greater legacy was its