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54 unusual facts about Greenwich


32nd meridian west from Washington

The 32nd meridian of longitude west from Washington is a line of longitude approximately 109°02′48″ west of the Prime Meridian of Greenwich.

The need for a separate national meridian for the United States gradually faded, and in 1884, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur called the International Meridian Conference in Washington which selected the meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich as the international Prime Meridian.

On September 28, 1850, the United States adopted two primary meridians of longitude for officially use: the Greenwich Meridian (through the old Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England) for all nautical and international use, and the Washington Meridian (through the old United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.) for more accurate astronomical and domestic use.

Anti-fouling paint

One famous example of the traditional use of metal sheathing is the clipper Cutty Sark, which is preserved as a museum ship in dry-dock at Greenwich in England.

Bernardino of Siena

His cult also spread to England at an early period, and was particularly promulgated by the Observant Friars, who first established themselves in the country in Greenwich, in 1482, not forty years after his death, but who were later suppressed.

Biddulph baronets

It was created on 2 November 1664 for Theophilus Biddulph, of Westcombe Park, Greenwich, Kent, Member of Parliament for the City of London and Lichfield.

Caedmon School

Rambusch first founded the Whitby School in Greenwich, Connecticut, which became the flagship school of the American Montessori.

Chinese mitten crab

It was reported in the London Evening Standard in 1995 that the residents of Greenwich saw Chinese mitten crabs coming out of the River Thames and moving towards the High Street, and other reports indicate that the crabs have been known to take up residence in swimming pools.

Chiswick, New South Wales

Parramatta River had been known as the 'Thames of the Antipodes' and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities of Greenwich, Woolwich, Henley and Putney.

Cornelius Wendell Wickersham

Cornelius Wendell Wickersham was born on June 25, 1885 in Greenwich, Connecticut as a son of George W. Wickersham, an American lawyer and future United States Attorney General.

Dorothy Walker Bush

She is interred with her husband Prescott Bush at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Edgar Crow Baker

Baker was born in Lambeth, then part of Surrey, England, the son of Edward William Whitley Baker, and was educated at the Royal Hospital School in Greenwich.

Edmund Walter Pook

He was employed in his father's printing works at Greenwich, London.

Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory

Following a proposition of Liu Zhuo from 604 AD, 10 of these were aligned along the meridian 114° east of Greenwich from Central Asia down to Vietnam in order to determine the circumference of the Earth and derivations from a perfect sphere.

Grand Embassy of Peter the Great

On invitation of William III, Peter and part of the mission also went to England in January 1698, where the tsar, visited Gilbert Burnet and Edmond Halley in the Royal Observatory, the Royal Mint, the Royal Society the University of Oxford, and several shipyards and artillery plants.

Greenwich armour

Greenwich armour is the plate armour in a distinctively English style produced by the Royal Almain Armoury founded by Henry VIII in 1511 in Greenwich near London, which continued until the English Civil War.

Greenwich Light Vessel Automatic

The name of the vessel derives from the fact that is located close to the Greenwich (or Prime) Meridian.

Greenwich, New South Wales

For NSW state elections, Greenwich is in the electorate of Lane Cove, presently held by Anthony Roberts, a member of the Liberal Party, who has held the seat since the 2003 state election.

Hockey has held the seat since the 1996 federal election and is currently the Shadow Treasurer.

Parramatta River had been known as the 'Thames of the Antipodes' and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities of Putney, Woolwich and Henley.

Greenwich, Nova Scotia

In 1925 it became part of the United Church of Canada and is now part of the pastoral charge of St Andrews, Wolfville.

Harvard Bridge

After the failure of the Mianus River Bridge at Greenwich, Connecticut in 1983, the Harvard Bridge was shut down and inspected because it contained similar elements, specifically the suspended spans.

Henley, New South Wales

Parramatta River had been known as the 'Thames of the Antipodes' and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities of Greenwich, Woolwich and Putney.

Henry Whitfield House

Henry Whitfield, one of Guilford's founders and first minister, is estimated to have been born sometime between June 8 and October 1, 1592 in Greenwich in the English county of Kent.

History of watches

His Rolex wristwatch of 1910 became the first such watch to receive certification as a chronometer in Switzerland and it went on to win an award in 1914 from Kew Observatory in Greenwich.

John Lourie Beveridge

John Lourie Beveridge (Greenwich, New York July 6, 1824 – May 3, 1910 Los Angeles) was the 16th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1873 to 1877.

John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu

He was knighted by Henry VI at Greenwich on 5 January 1453, alongside Edmund and Jasper Tudor, his brother Thomas, William Herbert, Roger Lewknor, and William Catesby.

Jonathan Betts

Jonathan Betts MBE (born 29 January 1955) is Senior Specialist in horology at the Royal Observatory (National Maritime Museum), Greenwich, a horological scholar and author, and an expert on the first marine timekeepers created by John Harrison in the middle of the 18th century.

K. Pattabhi Jois

Jois' grandson R. Sharath Jois teamed with billionaire hedge fund investor Paul Tudor Jones' wife, Greenwich, Connecticut-based Sonia Klein Jones, to create Jois Yoga in honor of Krishna Pattabhi Jois.

Karl-Gottfried Nordmann

Oberstleutnant Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (born 22 November 1915 in Gießen – died 22 July 1982 in Greenwich, Connecticut(USA)) was a German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace.

La Frontera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Many 16th and 17th century maps had the meridian facing at Punta de la Orchilla until 1885 when the meridian since that time moved east to Greenwich during the conference in Washington D.C..

Macfarlane Observatory

The establishment of the Macfarlane Observatory in 1757 was before the 1767 appearance of The Nautical Almanac based on the Prime Meridian at Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Marcel Jovine

Jovine died in Greenwich, Connecticut at the age of 81 on January 20, 2003, while visiting his daughter.

Midway Atoll

As its name suggests, Midway is roughly equidistant between North America and Asia, and lies almost halfway around the world longitudinally from Greenwich, UK.

Moreton Bay Pile Light

The graphs were replaced every month and were sent to Greenwich where they were kept.

Naked Juice

Distribution remained within the state of California until 2000, when the brand was purchased by North Castle Partners, a private-equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Nikolay Ogarev

While in Newcastle, Ogarev worked on his Confession in Verse and his unfinished work Last Curse. By the end of that year, however, the couple was living in Mary's hometown of Greenwich, where Ogarev died in 1877.

Otto Wilhelm von Struve

During 1843 and 1844, Struve participated in longitude measurements between Altona, Greenwich and Pulkovo, which were based on large displacement of chronometers over the Earth surface.

Packet of Three

The photo on the sleeve of the EP was taken outside a pub in Haddo Street, Greenwich, SE London; close to the council flat at 35 Congers House, Bronze Street, Deptford, where Chris Difford was staying at the time.

Prince Arisugawa Takehito

In 1880, shortly after his wedding, Prince Arisugawa was again sent to England, this time as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Putney, New South Wales

Parramatta River had been known as the 'Thames of the Antipodes' and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities of Greenwich, Woolwich and Henley.

Richard Hargrave

Hargrave was born to Joshua Hargrave and Sarah Hargrave (née Lee) on 1 February 1817 at Greenwich, England.

Rosario Kennedy

She graduated with a scholarship from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Royal College of Science

But the scientists pressed the need for much better laboratory space, so the school of naval architecture instead went to Greenwich.

Singida Region

Longitudinally the region is situated between 33027’ and 350 26’ east of Greenwich.

Sri Lanka Time

The Sri Lanka Time reverted on 15 April 2006 to match Indian Standard Time calculated from the Allahabad Observatory in India 82.5 ° longitude East of Greenwich, the reference point for GMT.

The Crystal Prison

While Twit and Piccadilly vow to return to their home, Thomas arrives, telling Audrey that she must join him on a journey to Greenwich to speak to the Starwife.

Time in France

In 1911, Metropolitan France adopted GMT+0 (the solar time of Greenwich) as its official time, and used it until 1940 (with GMT+1 used during the summers from 1916 to 1940).

Time in Venezuela

The official time zone of Venezuela is determined by meridian 67° 30' west of Greenwich, UK.

Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory

In 1837, the University of Dublin funded the installation of a magnetic observatory at Greenwich.

Vandeikya

Vandeikya Local Government Council is located between latitude 7°5' and 7°15' north of the Equator and Longitude 9° and 9°6' east of Greenwich.

William A. Thompson

William A. Thompson (born December 16, 1864 in Greenwich, New York – 1925) was an engineer with the United States Army Corps of Engineers who managed improvements on the Mississippi River.

World Geodetic System

The mean of this data caused a shift of about 100 metres east away from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, UK.

Yan Fu

In 1877–79 he studied at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England.


100th meridian

100th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

108th meridian

108th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

112th meridian

112th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

113th meridian

113th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

115th meridian

115th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

118th meridian

118th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

131st meridian

131st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

135th meridian

135th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

141st meridian

141st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

144th meridian

144th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

150th meridian

150th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

156th meridian

156th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

164th meridian

164th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

171st meridian

171st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

173rd meridian

173rd meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

178th meridian

178th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

20th meridian

20th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

29th meridian

29th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

30th meridian

30th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

31st meridian

31st meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

34th meridian

34th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

42nd meridian

42nd meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

45th meridian

45th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

4th meridian

4th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

53rd meridian

53rd meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

5th meridian

5th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

60th meridian

60th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

64th meridian

64th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

71st meridian

71st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

73rd meridian

73rd meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

78th meridian

78th meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

82nd meridian

82nd meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich Meridian

96th meridian

96th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

97th meridian

97th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian

Calf Pasture Beach

Taylor Farm Park is the site of an annual Greenwich Kennel club dog show.

Dick Wellstood

Richard MacQueen "Dick" Wellstood (born November 25, 1927, Greenwich, Connecticut — died July 24, 1987, Palo Alto, California) was an American jazz pianist.

Disabled Motoring UK

On the 4th of June 2011 the trike set off from Greenwich and headed south to Newhaven, cross the Channel to Dieppe and followed the original route.

George Hume

Sir George Hopwood Hume (1866–1946), leader of the London County Council and member of parliament for Greenwich

Interactive Brokers

(IB) is a U.S. based online discount brokerage firm headquartered in Greenwich CT in the United States and with offices in Budapest, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Montreal, Mumbai, Shanghai, Saint Petersburg, Sydney, Tallinn, Tokyo, and Zug.

Mr. and Mrs. North

In that version, the North's apartment is located on Greenwich Place, realized in a scenic design by Jo Mielziner.

Olga Korbut

She watched the gymnastics competitions in the North Greenwich Arena, providing commentary by way of Twitter and Facebook.

William Gordon Perrin

From 1922 until his death Perrin was honorary editor of the Mariner's Mirror and honorary secretary of both the Navy Records Society (since 1912 : it owes to him its revival after the War) and, by appointment of the Admiralty, to the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum and MacPherson Collection at Greenwich.