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O
CHRONOMETERS,
WATCHES
and
CLOCKS,
have
long
held
pre-eminent
rank,as
may
be
seen
from
Reports
of
various
scientific
persons
:
THE
ASTRONOMER
ROYAL,
(
sh-
o.
B.
AIRY,)
in
hi.
Report
to
the
Admiralty
(13th
Of
AugUSt,
1870)
O
n
forty
Chronometers
entered
for
annual
competition,
says
of
M.
F.
DENT'S
Chronometer:
"THIS
IS
THE
FINEST
CHRONOMETER
WE
HAVE
EVER
HAD
ON
TRIAL."
N.B.
TheLATE
ASTRONOMERROVAL
(J.
POND,
Esq.),
reporting
in
1829
on
the
celebratedpublic
trial,
by
order
of
the
Lords
of
the
Admiralty,
which
lasted
thirteen
years,
during
which
nearly
500
Chronometers
were
tested,
says
:
"
Your
Chronometer,
No.
114,
is
entitled
to
the
First
Premium.
Actual
variation
in
the
year
54
hundredths
of
a
second.
This
is
superior
to
any
other
yet
tried.
THE
RUSSIAN
IMPERIAL
ASTRONOMER,
'
M.
STRUVE,
of
St.
Petersburg,
reporting
upon
81
Chronometers
tested
by
the
Russian
Chronometrical
Expedition
in
1843,
says
:
"The
DENT
CHRONOMETERS
have
held
FIRST
HANK
in
a
brilliant
manner.
They
contributed,
beyond
dispute,
the
MOSTEFFECTUALLY
to
the
exactitude
of
the
results.
"M.
STRUVE."
%*
Rtf
Command
of
the
Emperor,
the
Russian
Gold
Medal
of
the
HighestOrder
of
Merit
was
presented
to
Mr.
DENT.
The
Report
on
Chronometers,
Watches,
$c.,
by
the
Judges
at
the
Philadelphia
Exhibition,
1876,
can
be
had
on
application.
INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION,
PHILADEL-
PHIA
(187o).
The
Judges
iu
their
Report
on
the
Exhibits
of
M.
F.
DENT
said
of
his
Chronometers
and
Watches
:
"
The
Workmanship
was
of
the
First
Order,"
and
ofhis
Clocks,
"
They
were
repre-sentative
of
the
highest
achievements
ofhisart."
MEDAL
AND
DIPLOMA.
OF
THE
HIGHEST
ORDER
WERE
AWARDED.
Mr,
H.
M.
Stanley's
Testimony.
To
the
excellence
of
Chronometers
supplied
to
him
by
M.
F.
DENT,and
used
in
finding
his
longitude
in
his
last
Expedition,
saysin
a
letter,
5th
July,
18QO
:
"
The
Chronometers
supplied
by
you,
and
which
were
taken
acrossAfrica
in
my
late
Ex-
petition,
provedof
veiy
greutservice
to
me,
and
were
in
every
way
thoroughly
satisfactory
and
reliable."
33,
Cockspur
Street,
CHARING
CROSS,
LONDON.