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Having calculated the longitude chronometrically, he said: "To-day I commence a voyage of exploration under the waves."

From The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean by Rockwood, Roy

All the longitudes on the line of our outward journey, between St. Vrain's fort and the Dalles of the Columbia, which were not directly determined by satellites, have been chronometrically referred to this place.

From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles