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 214
the wasps waist, which connectsthe older Observatory domain with the newer. It isthe first building we come to in the south ground.The computations of the department are carried onin the south wing of the new Observatory. It will be seen from the photograph that the THE ALTAZIMUTH DEPARTMENT 211… … NEW ALTAZIMUTH BUILDING. scuth, in which it is used practically as a transitcircle. There is quite another way of determining theplace of the moon, which is sometimes available, andwhich offers one of the prettiest of observations to 212 THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY the astronomer. As the moon travels…
Royal Greenwich Observatory · Astronomy
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