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dend the excerch trom shio's chronometer from hms
beagle
nigol thrift erghains
the chronometer, an exceptionally accurate clock,
meant that gradually an ever more accurate measure
time became posible, and that of course worked
through other things in the nineteenth century to
produce ever more standardized time. a good
sample of that is the railway, where standard time
based on the meridian was first applied by the great
western railway in 1840 and gradually that standard
time became general
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Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?