the greenwich meridian
31Paris Meridian — Meridian Room (or Cassini Room) at the Paris Observatory. The Paris Meridian is traced on the floor …
32Washington meridian — The Washington meridian was one of four prime meridians of the United States which passed through Washington, D.C.. The four which have been specified are: # through the Capitol # through the White House # through the old Naval Observatory #… …
33Meridian circle — Groombridge transit circle of 1806 The meridian circle, transit circle, or transit telescope is an instrument for observing the time of stars passing the meridian, at the same time measuring its angular distance from the zenith. The idea of… …
34Royal Greenwich Observatory — the national astronomical observatory of Great Britain, housed in a castle in E Sussex; formerly located at Greenwich. Also called Greenwich Observatory. * * * Astronomical observatory, oldest scientific institution in Britain, founded for… …
35Greenwich — /grin ij, ich, gren / for 1, 3; /gren ich, grin , green wich/ for 2, n. 1. a borough in SE London, England: located on the prime meridian from which geographic longitude is measured; formerly the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. 209,800.… …
36Greenwich Time — noun the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑Greenwich Mean Time, ↑GMT, ↑universal time, ↑UT, ↑UT1 • Hypernyms: ↑time …
37Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich — Greenwich Motto: Tempore Utimur (We make use of time) Greenwich within the County of London Geography Status …
38Greenwich Pier — Infobox London River Services title=Greenwich Pier image caption = Greenwich Pier transit type = River bus and tourist/leisure services operator = London River Services owner =London River ServicesGreenwich Pier is a pier on the River Thames in… …
39The O2 Arena (London) — O2 arena redirects here. For the stadium in Prague, see O2 Arena (Prague). For other uses, see O2. The O2 Arena North Greenwich Arena 1 …
40Meridian (perimetry, visual field) — This article is about the perimetry concept. For other uses of the word, see Meridian. Meridian is used in perimetry and in specifying visual fields. According to IPS Perimetry Standards 1978 (2002): Perimetry is the measurement of [an observer… …
