Twenty-four hour watch used by MacMillan
United States scientific equipment
ca. 19083 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 5/8 in. (9 x 6 x 2 cm)
Waltham Watch Co. (Waltham, MA, 1885 - 1957)
Object Type:
scientific equipment
Creation Places:
North America, United States, Massachusetts
Medium and Support:
metal
Credit Line:
Gift of Miriam MacMillan
Accession Number:
1976.1.1
Used by Donald MacMillan on the North Pole and Crocker Land Expeditions, as well as later expeditions, a twenty-four hour watch is invaluable in the Arctic to tell day from night, since the sun stays up for months at a time. It is also essential to determine longitude, used with a sextant.
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Location
Latitude: 42.376485, Longitude: -71.235611
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This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Gallery C 1967-1998 Ian McKibbin White , 1/1/1967 - 7/1/1998
- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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