Which mechanical consequence resulted from the development of accurate chronometers for navigation in the 18th century?

💡 Explanation

When chronometers became accurate, celestial navigation allowed precise longitude determination, because the time difference between the ship's local time and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) directly relates to the longitudinal difference. Therefore, knowing longitude became possible, rather than shorter routes, hull improvements, or piracy increases which depended on separate factors.

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