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D E N T'S CHRONOMETERS,
WATCHES, and CLOCKS have long held pre¬
eminent rank, as may be seen from the Reports
of various scientific persons:—
THE ASTRONOMER ROYAL (Sir G. B. AIRY) in
his Report to the Admiralty (13th of August. 1870) on the Forty Chronometers
entered for Annual Competition, says of M. F. Dent's Chronometer—-
" This is the Finest Ohroaometer that we have ever had on Trial."
N.B.—The late Astronomer Roval (J. Pond, Esq.), reporting in 1829 on the
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" The Chronometer Watch you made for me in December, 1859, has never been
affected by travelling or riding ; its variation at the end of a year was only forty-fiTe
seconds. It has proved in every respect a most satisfactory watch.
" W. G. Armstrong.
"Mr. M. F. Dent, 33, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross."
The Report on Chro7io7neters and Watches, Sr'c., by the Judges at the Phila¬
delphia Exhibition, 1876, can be had ott application.
33, COCKSPUK STREET,
Charing Cross, London.