Exploring London’s Royal Observatory, the capital’s original time machine
As the clocks go forward this weekend, the FT’s senior graphics artist walks a fine (meridian) line through the birthplace of ...
BBC1 年
What are latitude and longitude?
Lines of longitude run from the top of the Earth to the bottom, and divide up the Earth a bit like the segments of an orange. The line going through London, called Greenwich Meridian, is the ...
The Asian Age8 天
MP to push Ujjain as Global Prime Meridian: Mohan Yadav
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government is working to replace Greenwich in UK with Ujjain in MP as the Global Prime Meridian (GPM).
Cfr.org5 年
Remembering the Washington Conference That Brought the World Standard Time
A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on March 26, 2012, in London. Oli Scarff/Getty Images The 1884 International Meridian ...
Deccan Chronicle7 天
MP to push Ujjain as Global Prime Meridian: Mohan Yadav
The Prime Meridian is the line of the longitude that is used as the global reference for time. According to the belief of the ancient Hindu astronomers, Ujjain is the precise point of intersection ...