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Definition of Chronographs
1. chronograph [n] - See also: chronograph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronographs
Literary usage of Chronographs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"I thus have directed my attention to the use of electro-magnets. But the data
important to their application to chronographs are completely hidden. ..."
2. The Applications of Physical Forces by Amédée Guillemin (1877)
"... are now very extensively employed in the United States of .America, the
continent of Europe, and also in some of our Colonies. § IV.—chronographs AND ..."
3. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"... II ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS Telescopes, and their Accessories and Mountings —
Timekeepers and chronographs •—The Transit-Instrument — The Prime Vertical ..."
4. Lessons in Horology by Jules Grossmann, Hermann Grossmann (1905)
"Functions of the Heart in chronographs. 367. chronographs are horary instruments
intended to measure very small intervals of time. ..."
5. A Handbook of Engine and Boiler Trials, and of the Indicator and Prony Brake by Robert Henry Thurston (1890)
"Tachometers, Speed-indicators, chronographs, and Counters are instruments of
various kinds and classes used by the engineer in determining the speed of the ..."
6. Life in Motion; Or, Muscle and Nerve: A Course of Six Lectures Delivered by John Gray McKendrick (1894)
"... current—Interrupted current—Induction coil — Graphic method—Time in physiological
phenomena—chronographs— Study of contraction—Latent period. ..."
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