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  2. Longitude by chronometer - Wikipedia

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    Longitude by chronometer is a method, in navigation, of determining longitude using a marine chronometer, which was developed by John Harrison during the first half of the eighteenth century. It is an astronomical method of calculating the longitude at which a position line, drawn from a sight by sextant of any celestial body, crosses the ...

  3. List of companies in Houston - Wikipedia

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    In addition to the Fortune 500 companies above, many other companies in multiple fields are headquartered or have based their US headquarters in Houston. Al's Formal Wear; Allis-Chalmers Energy; Allpoint; American Bureau of Shipping; American National Insurance Company (Galveston) Aon Hewitt; Archimage; Avelo Airlines; Axiom Space; Baker Botts ...

  4. Lists of corporate headquarters by city - Wikipedia

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    This page is a list of pages listing corporate headquarters and corporations headquartered in particular cities. ... Houston, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida ...

  5. ExxonMobil Building - Wikipedia

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    During the Houston Astros' 2004 NLCS run (playoffs), the top of the building was crowned by hundreds of tiny blue lights while an enormous Astros star (logo) made of white lights was hung on the south side of the building. [7] In 2011 the company announced they would relocate all employees in the building to a new ExxonMobil office in Spring. [8]

  6. American General Center - Wikipedia

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    The American General Center is a complex of several office buildings in Neartown Houston, Texas located along Allen Parkway. [1] [2] It is the global headquarters for Corebridge Financial, formerly American General. The America Tower is a 590 ft (180m) tall skyscraper. It was completed in 1983 and has 43 floors.

  7. HPI, LLC - Wikipedia

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    HPI, LLC, also called HPI, is a limited liability corporation based in Houston, TX specializing in the design and development, engineering, manufacturing, testing, installation, and commissioning of control and monitoring systems for industrial turbo-machinery applications. [1]

  8. CDI Corporation - Wikipedia

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    CDI Corporation is a privately held US company providing engineering, procurement, construction management and staffing services to clients in a range of industries including energy, chemical, semiconductor and battery manufacturing. As of 2022, the company employed more than 450 employees. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

  9. Sextant - Wikipedia

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    The frame of a sextant is in the shape of a sector which is approximately 1 ⁄ 6 of a circle (60°), [2] hence its name (sextāns, sextantis is the Latin word for "one sixth"). "). Both smaller and larger instruments are (or were) in use: the octant, quintant (or pentant) and the (doubly reflecting) quadrant [3] span sectors of approximately 1 ⁄ 8 of a circle (45°), 1 ⁄ 5 of a circle (72 ...