Which positional error increased for mariners without accurate chronometers because of accumulated inaccuracies?

💡 Explanation

The error is lunar distance, increasing because inaccurate timekeeping causes errors calculating Greenwich Mean Time, which is essential for the lunar distance method; therefore, estimation errors increase rather than other errors from stellar or dead reckoning methods.

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