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Town |
Visit |
LL Ref. |
Dates |
Actual Location |
Grid Ref. |
IoE |
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Old Royal Observatory The |
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Greenwich |
Royal Observatory at
Greenwich |
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Old Royal Observatory in
Greenwich Park |
N51.447 E/W
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200387 |
Lilliput
Lane's "Old Royal Observatory"
is based on
"Flamsteed House" at the Royal Observatory [IoE
200387] |
Photo: GW |
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Flamsteed House was designed by Christopher Wren for the first
Astronomical Royal in 1675 |
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Inside are the original clocks
developed by
John Harrison
The story is
featured in the film
"Longitude" |
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It also has the Astronomer Royals' apartments, the Octagon Room and a
Camera Obscura |
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Mike Dryland
giving a private tour to Nhagii (Ford) Sept 2009 |
Greenwich Park was used for
Equestrian events in the 2012 Olympics and "Old Royal
Observatory" could be seen |
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The
dropping of this ball signifies
1pm |
At 12:58 the ball is raised to half -way |
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At 12:59 it is raised to the top |
At 1pm it falls rapidly to about half way and bounces a
little (under-damped) and then slowly down |
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Seen from the river |
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