The Royal observatory, Greenwich. A glance at its history and work (1900)
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928 · London, The Religious tract society · leaf 137
far, the development of the Observatory hadbeen along the central line of assistance to navigation.But the Magnetic Department led on to a new one,which had but a secondary connection with it. Ithad been discovered that the extent of the dailyrange of the magnetic needle, and the amount of… … PLAN OF OBSERVATORY AT PRESENT TIME. (For key to plan, see p. 135.) THE OBSERVATORY BUILDINGS i35 surface, a record of which Greenwich has now thecomplete monopoly. Beyond the Magnetic Observatory the groundwidens out into an area about equal to that of thenorthern part, and the new building just…
Royal Greenwich Observatory · Astronomy
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