05-03-2018, 07:26 PM
Sailors used to use chronometers to tell what their longitude was by comparing things like sun rise and sunset time to a clock set to GMT. The difficulty in making a clock that accurate that worked on a rocking boat was significant, leading to some really neat engineering:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer
OA Wish list:
- DNI
- Internal medical system
- A dormbot, because domestic chores suck!