Greenwich! Yes, I'd like to stand at zero degrees longitude! (Reply #11)

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Sat Aug 30, 2014, 11:09 AM

NYC_SKP (68,644 posts)

11. Greenwich! Yes, I'd like to stand at zero degrees longitude!

I like how the people who came up with the system get to pick where on the planet the system ends and begins.

Are you familiar with the story of the Harrison clock?

You might even have seen one of his chronographs at Greenwich.

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
18th century programmable computing [View all]	Needa Moment	Aug 2014	OP
Damn, Sir! That Is Flat Incredible....	The Magistrate	Aug 2014	#1
I agree. Amazing.	Lochloosa	Aug 2014	#2
Always baffled me	Needa Moment	Aug 2014	#4
Most excellent, thank you for sharing.	gordianot	Aug 2014	#3
My pleasure	Needa Moment	Aug 2014	#5
Recommended!	NYC_SKP	Aug 2014	#6
" I couldn't resist visiting the clock museum in Geneva one afternoon when I had the time. "	vanlassie	Aug 2014	#10
Greenwich! Yes, I'd like to stand at zero degrees longitude!	NYC_SKP	Aug 2014	#11
That reminds me of the Scorsese film "Hugo"	cyberswede	Aug 2014	#7
Yes, I've been trying to recall the name of that movie,	elleng	Aug 2014	#12
Truly magnificent....	hlthe2b	Aug 2014	#8
Another 18th Century marvelous automaton	mnhtnbb	Aug 2014	#9

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