Greenwich Time & the Longitude

Derek Howse
The history of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich has been revised to coincide with the Millenium.
208 pages, 48 colour and 72 mono illustrations, cloth, 245 x 184mm
ISBN 13: 
987 0 85667 468 6
ISBN 10: 
0 85667 468 0
£19.99
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Colour illustrations and updated text tell the story of Greenwich from its foundations in 1676 to its present status as Longitude 0°, the world's Prime Meridian for measuring longitude and time.

The book covers the importance of longitude for navigation and traces the history of Greenwich Time, the basis of universal time-keeping.

The book is co-published with the National Maritime Museum, where Derek Howse was the former Head of Navigation and Astronomy.