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← HistoryWhich outcome arises from vibrational resonance impacting a marine chronometer?
A)Increased escapement wheel lubrication.
B)Compensating balance temperature error.
C)Decreased mainspring torque consistency.
D)Accumulation of rate calculation errors.✓
💡 Explanation
Marine chronometers were very susceptible to external vibrations, resulting in complex resonant behaviors that accumulate over time which lead to increased rate calculation errors, because the chronometers' regular oscillations became perturbed. Errors accrued, rather than cancelling, because the ship experiences continuing motion.
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