Where was I?

[Bowm54]

6 minutes ago, ilikeanswers said:

 

I have never been thanked for providing clues😄. Not a bad idea🤗

I have thanked others, how else do we learn?

[Bowm54]

Himemuri memorial to the “star lily” girls.

 

Advanced research reveals there were many instances of violent deaths within the Okinawa cave systems toward the end of WW2.

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[ilikeanswers]

1 minute ago, Bowm54 said:

Himemuri memorial to the “star lily” girls.

 

 Yes now I can give it to you🤗. Dedicated to the teenage girls who were forced to be nurses for the Japanese army. During the battle of Okinawa they used the caves as make shift hospitals. These videos are great for learning a bit about the history for those who might be curious:

The Japanese High School Girls Forced to be Battlefield Nurses in WW2

Words of Japanese School Girls Who Were Forced to Become Battlefield Nurses in WW2

 

Your turn😃

[Bowm54]

A valuable display of which items and where can the display be found?

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Forgot photo and clarity

[MicCanberra]

What is a ‘what item’?  
item=time

[MicCanberra]

Watch out

[getting older slowly]

3 minutes ago, Bowm54 said:

A valuable display of what items and where can it be found?

 

Well it is all about Time, which is nobody friend.....   so the Time Central  would be Greenwich....

 

So with little time on hand  Greenwich ??

 

Don

[Bowm54]

1 minute ago, MicCanberra said:

 

What is the horological term for the items on display?

 

I am a humble electrician who was to poor to attend university.

[Bowm54]

1 minute ago, getting older slowly said:

 

Well it is all about Time, which is nobody friend.....   so the Time Central  would be Greenwich....

 

So with little time on hand  Greenwich ??

 

Don

Can you give the horological name of the items?

[getting older slowly]

Well  they all seam like they're traveling time pieces....

 

perhaps  Chronographs ??

 

could be used for navigational and astronomical purposes ???

 

But the timer has gone.... so one must attend... the cooking of dinner.... Don 

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[Bowm54]

20 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

Well  they all seam like they're traveling time pieces....

 

perhaps  Chronographs ??

 

could be used for navigational and astronomical purposes ???

 

But the timer has gone.... so one must attend... the cooking of dinner.... Don 

On the right track, however these items have a specific description.

James Cook on his first voyage of discovery did not carry one of these items, however several were onboard for his second voyage.

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[Aus Traveller]

17 minutes ago, Bowm54 said:

On the right track, however these items have a specific description.

James Cook on his first voyage of discovery did not carry one of these items, however several were onboard for his second voyage.

Harrison's Clock

[Bowm54]

19 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

Harrison's Clock

Harrison was awarded a large sum of money for inventing and proving one of these. 
What are they?

[Aus Traveller]

16 minutes ago, Bowm54 said:

Harrison was awarded a large sum of money for inventing and proving one of these. 
What are they?

A marine chronometer used for the determination of longitude. However, Harrison fought for the money that had been promised as a prize for a way to determine longitude. I don't think he actually got it.

 

BTW, my original answer of "Harrison's Clock" was accurate. It was a marine chronometer. Cook carried one on his second voyage and gave it high praise.

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[Docker123]

A couple of photos have been posted of time ball towers.

 

The use of the chronometers developed by Harrison allowed the accurate calculation of longitude. The ships carried one with Greenwich time, and another set to local time. Local time was set by the time ball dropping at 1pm daily.

 

then mathematical magic comparing local to Greenwich time allowed determination of the longitude of the boat.

 

SBS can be a wonderful source of doco info.

 

[Bowm54]

18 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

A marine chronometer used for the determination of longitude. However, Harrison fought for the money that had been promised as a prize for a way to determine longitude. I don't think he actually got it.

He did eventually get the prize and Marine Chronometer is the item.

The photo is of the store at the Greenwich Observatory.

Your turn.

 

 

These are a couple of mine, they are Russian made and gold plated for rust resistance.

 

The Thomas Mercer is a Russian counterfeit.

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[Aus Traveller]

Where am I? What is the name of the building and which city is it in?

[Bowm54]

6 minutes ago, Docker123 said:

A couple of photos have been posted of time ball towers.

 

The use of the chronometers developed by Harrison allowed the accurate calculation of longitude. The ships carried one with Greenwich time, and another set to local time. Local time was set by the time ball dropping at 1pm daily.

 

then mathematical magic comparing local to Greenwich time allowed determination of the longitude of the boat.

 

SBS can be a wonderful source of doco info.

 

Thats it.

The Chronometer rating was a designation that the time + or - was at a constant rate each day.

Prior to each voyage a rating certificate was issued for each timepiece attesting to the constant error.

 

So for example if the rating certificate stated an error of + 7 seconds a day, the navigator, at solar noon would subtract 7 seconds for each elapsed day of the voyage from the time displayed on the Chronometer.

 

From that reading the distance from the Greenwich meridian was calculated.

[Bowm54]

1 hour ago, Aus Traveller said:

A marine chronometer used for the determination of longitude. However, Harrison fought for the money that had been promised as a prize for a way to determine longitude. I don't think he actually got it.

 

BTW, my original answer of "Harrison's Clock" was accurate. It was a marine chronometer. Cook carried one on his second voyage and gave it high praise.

Which of these is “Harrisons Clock”?

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[Aus Traveller]

I know that Harrison made a series of clocks. It is difficult to see from the photo supplied which one or ones were Harrisons. The one on the lower left is similar to the one that Cook took on his second voyage, but there isn't sufficient detail in the photo to be sure.

[Aus Traveller]

55 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

Where am I? What is the name of the building and which city is it in?

This is the photo 'in play'. What building am I in and in which city?

[vada_9]

Is it the Doges Palace in Venice, Maybe above the staircase.?

[Aus Traveller]

1 hour ago, vada_9 said:

Is it the Doges Palace in Venice, Maybe above the staircase.?

Correct. Your turn.

[vada_9]

Do you know what this is and where?

[ilikeanswers]

It looks very green🤔 Are we in Europe?