In the late 18th century, Paris was the Silicon Valley of watchmaking. And the comparison isn’t as daft as it sounds. The ...

In 1707, a catastrophic shipwreck occurred in the isles of Scilly, off the southwest coast of England. Between 1400 and 2,000 ...

The remains of two shipwrecks have appeared out of the sands on a Cornish beach where they had been buried for decades. Rusty ...

He will also get to taste all the ship’s alcohol ... Longitude problem and see the failed attempts that led to the H4 chronometer that finally solved it. But Cook’s triumphant travels paved ...

"The main job was to characterize the chronometers. We were down near the Potomac, and the ships could set their chronometers, seeing the time ball drop, and then go off and and navigate ...

The current focus of our family company was inspired by Hans-Jürgen Mühle, who launched the production of marine chronometers and ship’s timepieces under the label of “Nautische Instrumente ...

X/lfx160219 “Any invasion of Taiwan from the mainland would require a large number of ships to transport personnel and equipment across the Strait quickly, particularly land assets like armored ...