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6 unusual facts about Royal Observatory, Greenwich


32nd meridian west from Washington

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.


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

4P/Faye

4P/Faye (also known as Faye's Comet or Comet Faye) is a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered in November 1843 by Hervé Faye at the Royal Observatory in Paris.

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

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.

Calf Pasture Beach

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

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.

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.

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.

George Hume

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

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.

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.

Moreton Bay Pile Light

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

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.

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.

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.


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