Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Greenwich

And to the observatory, which is still free, before the Tories punish us again.

First: Harrison's 4th clock: the one that solved the Longitude problem (as detailed in Dava Sorbel's excellent history of that name) which allowed Britain to become the greatest naval power in the world for two hundred years, and thus build an empire etc.


























Secondly; a rather poignant comment amongst otherwise dross:


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