Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1723
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich Hill. Colored engraving, 1723. The Greenwich Observatory has played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation and is best known for the fact that the prime meridian passes through it, giving its name to Greenwich Mean Time
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12697024
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47685082
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Credit
Wellcome Images/Science Source/Mary Evans
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1700s Astronomic Astronomical Eighteenth Greenwich Observatory
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