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A railroad chronometer or railroad standard watch is a specialized timepiece that once was crucial for safe and correct operation of trains in many countries. A system of timetable and train order, which relied on highly accurate timekeeping, was used to ensure that two trains could not be on the same stretch of track at the same time.

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Railroad chronometer

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A railroad chronometer or railroad standard watch is a specialized timepiece that once was crucial for safe and correct operation of trains in many countries...

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Chronometer watch

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marked as Certified Chronometer or Officially Certified Chronometer. Outside Switzerland, equivalent bodies, such as the Japan Chronometer Inspection Institute...

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Clock

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A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals...

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Marine chronometer

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A marine chronometer is a precision timepiece that is carried on a ship and employed in the determination of the ship's position by celestial navigation...

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United States Naval Observatory

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Time was also "sold"[citation needed] to the railroads and was used in conjunction with railroad chronometers to schedule American rail transport. Early...

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List of watchmakers

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Clay Ball (1847–1922), American jeweller and watchmaker, Cleveland, railroad chronometer, Hamilton Watch Company. Henri Lioret (1848–1938), French watchmaker...

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Railway signalling

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System Gantry Institution of Railway Signal Engineers Railroad chronometer Rail sabotage Railroad switch Railway semaphore signal Railway slide fence Signalling...

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History of watches

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precision standards and a reliable timepiece inspection system for Railroad chronometers. Temperature-compensated balance wheels began to be widely used...

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Hamilton Watch Company

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featuring a less accurate 21-jewel railroad grade movement.[citation needed] By 1970, 13,086 Hamilton Model 21 Marine Chronometers had been produced. In 1985...

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List of American railroad accidents

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Led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for railroad chronometers 1891 Bostian's Bridge train disaster, Statesville, North Carolina;...

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Timeline of United States railway history

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regulate railroads and ensure fair prices. 1891: Webb C. Ball establishes first Railway Watch official guidelines for railroad chronometers. 1893: Railroad Safety...

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Outline of rail transport

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year Lists of rail accidents List of rail accidents (2000–present) Railroad chronometer Railway Mail Service (USA) Railway post office Railway Mania (UK)...

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1893 in rail transport

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Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America, leading to significance of the railroad chronometer. January – Under the direction...

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Pocket watch

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system for Railroad chronometers. This led to the adoption in 1893 of stringent standards for pocket watches used in railroading. These railroad-grade pocket...

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American Railway Association

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Association (AREMA) Association of American Railroads History of rail transport in the United States Railroad chronometer Haines, Henry S., American Railway Management...

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1891 in rail transport

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become the impetus for the adoption of new quality standards for railroad chronometers in 1893. May 31 NS (=May 19 OS) – In the Kuperovskaya district of...

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Mechanical watch

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horizontally. Chronograph Jewel bearing Quartz watch Railroad chronometers Skeleton watch Tourbillon Marine chronometer ETA SA Lemania Hahn, Ed; et al. (The TimeZone...

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Timeline of railway history

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Ball established the first railway watch official guidelines for railroad chronometers. 1892 – The first horse-drawn tram line in Belgrade, Serbia. 1893...

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Signaling of the New York City Subway

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signals Institution of Railway Signal Engineers Railroad chronometer Railway signal Railway signalling Railroad switch Railway semaphore signal Railway slide...

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1893 in science

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displacement law. January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. February...

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Timeline of time measurement inventions

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Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers 1921 - The Shortt-Synchronome free pendulum...

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1893

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until 1923. January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. January 6...

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Waltham Watch Company

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the Civil War, the company became the main supplier of railroad chronometers to various railroads in North America and other countries. In 1876, the company...

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1893 in the United States

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(starting March 4) January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. January 17...

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Railway time

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to convert local time to London Time. In turn, train guards set their chronometers against those clocks. The introduction of railway time was in the end...

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Synchronization

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east or west their vessel traveled. The invention of an accurate marine chronometer revolutionized marine navigation. By the end of the 19th century, important...

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Time zone

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the British Great Western Railway started using GMT kept by portable chronometers.[failed verification] This practice was soon followed by other railway...

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