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As the clocks go forward this weekend, the FT’s senior graphics artist walks a fine (meridian) line through the birthplace of GMT in its 350th-anniversary year ...
TIME began in Greenwich, or at least it’s where you’ll find the Meridian Line. Not only does the London borough have an ...
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Preserving astronomy history: The fight is on to save an iconic Royal Observatory Greenwich siteThe Royal Observatory Greenwich was first built in Greenwich, London, in 1675. At this original location, the observatory was set up with the goal of producing star charts and accurate time ...
In order to keep time accurately, we have always had to set our clocks by the ticks of a better one. Until the 1950s, the best were those set by astronomers based on the position of the sun in the sky ...
Venus and Saturn are set to align with the crescent moon on Friday morning in a rare astronomical event. Stargazers will be ...
The Royal Greenwich Observatory said this year, the Lyrids will be visible from April 16 to April 25, peaking on April 22.
From the Royal Observatory in Greenwich to Warwickshire ... Elizabeth Binney is visiting London from Thailand and headed to Greenwich this morning with a running group. "It's such a buzz, I ...
The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World. It is also home to London's only planetarium, the Harrison timekeepers and the UK's largest ...
In the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives at Cambridge University Library, one man’s papers take up a staggering 110 meters of shelving. In a new article from Isis: the Journal of the History of ...
In the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives at Cambridge University Library, one man's papers take up a staggering 110 meters of shelving. In a new article from Isis: the Journal of the History of ...
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