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 243
ervatory, known as the OctagonRoom, has proved an excellent site, with its flat roofsurmounted by two turrets in the north-east andnorth-west corners, and raised some two hundredfeet above high-water mark. The two chief remaining instruments are thosefor measuring the amount of rainfall and of… … THE ANEMOMETER ROOM, NORTH-WEST TURRET. THE METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 241 of the sun on a piece of specially prepared paper.This image, as the sun moves in the sky, moves alongthe paper, charring it as it moves, and at the endof the day it is easy to see, from the broken, burnttrace, at what hours…
Royal Greenwich Observatory · Astronomy
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