10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREENWICH TIME»
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Greenwich Time in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Greenwich Time and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Greenwich Time and the Longitude: Official Millennium Guide
The book is co-published with the National Maritime Museum, where Derek Howse was the former Head of Navigation and Astronomy.
2
Ruth Belville: The
Greenwich Time Lady
An account of the Belville family, who from 1836 to 1940 ran a business delivering time to London subscribers by way of an eighteenth-century pocket watch called 'Arnold'.
3
Greenwich Time: And the Discovery of the Longitude
Traces the astronomical, navigational, and timekeeping advances that led to the development of Greenwich time, the concept of longitude, and the designation of Greenwich as the prime meridian
It took a little longer for time around the world to be co-ordinated according to
Greenwich Time. But it happened sure enough. With international telegraphy and
the radio, a standard time was inevitable. Serbia 1884; Japan 1888; Belgium, ...
By definition, the sidereal time is 0 hours at the instant the vernal equinox crosses
the observer's meridian at upper transit; therefore, local time in the eastern
hemisphere is ahead of Greenwich time, and local time in the western
hemisphere ...
Thus, when it is noon at Greenwich, it is also noon at all places directly north or
directly south of Greenwich ; and similarly for other hours ; or, in other words, the
local time at all such places will be the same as Greenwich time. And manifestly ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1867
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
To find the Greenwich time by a chronometer whose error on Greenwich mean
time is known. Rule.—Add or subtract the error of the chronometer to the time
shown by it, according as it is slow or fast; the result is Greenwich time.
Sometimes 12 ...
8
The Encyclopædia Britannica, or, Dictionary of arts, ...
To find the Greenwich time by a chronometer whose error on Greenwich mean
time is known. Rule. — Add or subtract the error of the chronometer to the time
shown by it, according as it is slow or fast ; the result is Greenwich time.
Sometimes ...
9
The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature
after it is noon at Greenwich ; that is to say, local time precedes Greenwich time
for all places to the east, and follows Greenwich time for all places to the west.
The greater the distance of the place from Greenwich east or west, the greater •
will ...
John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, 1867
10
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, ...
To find the Greenwich time by a chronometer whose error on Greenwich mean
time is known. Rule. — Add or subtract the error of the chronometer to the time
shown by it, according as it is slow or fast ; the result is Greenwich time.
Sometimes ...
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