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Re: Nautical astronomy was different
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2004 Oct 21, 15:15 -0400
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2004 Oct 21, 15:15 -0400
Bruce-Poorly phrased, but logical in the context of the times. As in the Second Amendment, "regulation" means "regulate" not "rules". So what Bowditch said translates into modern Ynglitch as: This of course is still bad English, since the issue is the *accuracy* of the chronometer. But the accuracy of a chronometer at that time, as it is now, was highly dependent upon the proper maintenance/adjustment/control of it. Horologists still refer to "regulating" a clock movement, not simply "adjusting" it. An obsoletism for most of us but yes, that's actually the more proper [sic] use of the term "regulation".