Which reason provides the strongest support for the
claim?
O In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the
British were concerned with creating a clock that kept
accurate time aboard sailing ships.
O The widespread use of the chronometer led to
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and his great
work On the Origin of Species.
O In 1800, Thomas Earnshaw made a brass
chronometer that was about the size of a large pocket
watch.
O The chronometer's accuracy allowed explorers to
create accurate maps, which meant that safe and
rapid shipping routes could be created.