Hallway to Queens Room

Greenwich Observatory

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July 2nd 2009
Spent time at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich where we stepped on the Greenwich Meridian line and contemplated time looking at various clocks and telescopes through the ages. We also went inside the walk in Camera Obscura, which is a giant “pin hole camera”. Since it was "aimed" at the River Thames area, it showed pedestrians, cars, trucks ... ok lorries ... and Thames river cruisers. Kin ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more