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Size Height: 17.6 cm (6.9 in) Width: 20.8 cm (8.2 in) Depth: 20.8 cm (8.2 in)
Location Room 39 case 10
Description: The Beagle chronometer. In the British Museum.
Maker: Thomas Earnshaw
Date 27 June 2010
Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net).

See also: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_Marine_Chronometer.jpg



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381 · · “As to temper the Jubjub’s a desperate bird,
382 · · · · Since it lives in perpetual passion:
383 · · Its taste in costume is entirely absurd—
384 · · · · It is ages ahead of the fashion:

385 · · “But it knows any friend it has met once before:
386 · · · · It never will look at a bribe:
387 · · And in charity-meetings it stands at the door,
388 · · · · And collects—though it does not subscribe.

389 · · “ Its flavour when cooked is more exquisite far
390 · · · · Than mutton, or oysters, or eggs:
391 · · (Some think it keeps best in an ivory jar,
392 · · · · And some, in mahogany kegs:)

393 · · “You boil it in sawdust: you salt it in glue:
394 · · · · You condense it with locusts and tape:
395 · · Still keeping one principal object in view—
396 · · · · To preserve its symmetrical shape.”

See also:
www.academia.edu/9970930/Hunting_Snark_with_Charles_Darwin
www.quora.com/unanswered/Is-Lewis-Carrolls-%E2%80%9CJubjub%E2%80%9D-a-riddle-about-%E2%80%9Ctime%E2%80%9D-and-or-%E2%80%9Cchronometer%E2%80%9D

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 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Great capture, thank you for sharing with us at Historical & Architectural Gems
www.ipernity.com/group/332973
10 years ago.
 Götz Kluge
Götz Kluge club
The capture is Mike Peel's (see above)
10 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
 Götz Kluge
Götz Kluge club
The HMS Beagle (snarked version):
Beagle Landing

Snark hunting with Charles Darwin: www.academia.edu/9970930/Hunting_Snark_with_Charles_Darwin
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.

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