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Jul. 07, 1967 - Home of Prime Meridian restored.: Hidden treasure of Britain's great scientific history have been found and reconditioned for public exhibition in the restored Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich, to be opened tomorrow by Sir Richard Woolley, the Astronomer Royal. The building itself, in which the Transit Circle gave the world its prime meridian, longitude zore, is one of the treasures. Restoration at the buildings has been carried out by the National Maritime Museum has fitted them out with the original instruments or with splendid copies. Work started in the observatory, designed by Sir Christopher A, in 1676 until they left in 1957 for home tonoccur Castle in Sussex. Materialistically, there have been three Greenwich Meridians'. The first was defined by thell on which Hlley counted his two quadrants in 1724. The second, a few fet to thet, by Ay's Transit Circle, still fortuner to the shot. The control line of this third instrument to the. The central line of this third instrument has given the Prime Meridian () to the world. Photo shows the Airy Transit Circle, from object glasses end - at the Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich
