Archive for the tag 'Greenwich'
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013, Science & Nature
Waste Not Want Not
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2014
Filed under Holidays, London 2014, Science & Nature
Distributing Time…
…The Observatory Time-Ball
The first public time signal was broadcast from the roof of Flamsteed House in 1833. The idea of dropping a ball at a predetermined time was the brainchild of Captain Wauchope, RN, and was tested at the Naval College at Portsmouth before Maudslay & Field were commissioned to install the first Greenwich time-ball [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2014
Filed under Holidays, London 2014, Science & Nature
The Dolphin Sundial
The gnomon or pointer of the sundial is formed by the tips of two dolphins’ tails, which almost meet. The tails cast a shadow onto the dial plate, which is engraved with thick curved lines representing the hours. Thinner lines indicate 10-minute intervals between each hour.
The dial plate has curved lines rather than straight ones, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 9th 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, London 2014
A Walk in the Park
Greenwich Park hosts the Prime Meridian Line and Royal Observatory as well as being part of the Greenwich Maritime World Heritage Site which is home to The National Maritime Museum and Old Royal Naval College.
The oldest enclosed Royal Park, Greenwich dates back to 1427 and offers spectacular views across the River Thames to St Paul’s [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Sep 8th 2014
Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then do it.
Robert A. Heinlein
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 13th 2011
Filed under Holidays, Kent January 2011
The Royal Observatory…
…from the outside.
Maybe next time I will get to see it from the inside
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 28th 2011
Information on the Tarbat Ness lighthouse displayed at the museum:
Designed and installed in the lighthouse by David Stevenson, 1892.
The Tarbat Ness lighthouse was built in 1830 on the site of an ancient Roman fort at the mouth of the Moray Firth in north-east Scotland. It overlooks a wild and windy coast that, in local folklore, [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2011
