Which consequence routinely occurred when early chronometers failed at sea?

💡 Explanation

Early chronometers that lost accuracy led to errors in dead reckoning, because determining longitude depended on highly accurate timekeeping, therefore navigation was impacted; rather than water issues or sails.

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