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 174
dedwith a risk of rusting its springs. Once the determination of the longitude at seabecame possible, it was clearly the next duty to fixwith precision the position of the principal places,cities, ports, capes, islands, the world over. Of all thework done in this department none has ever been… … THE TIME DEPARTMENT 173 surveys of the British Admiralty which have largelycontributed to the honour done to England by theinternational selection of the English meridian, andof English standard time, as in principle those for thewhole civilized world. The generosity and publicspirit therefore…
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