Which navigational error resulted when early chronometers experienced thermal drift?

💡 Explanation

Inaccurate longitude estimations stemmed from thermal drift distorting timekeeping because the time offset, when converted to angular displacement via the Earth's rotation, introduce longitude error; therefore, longitude became uncertain rather than merely latitude, and it was not structural.

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