The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: A Glance at Its History and Work

Abraham Sharp Airy Airy's altazimuth anemometers appearance assistant Astrographic Astronomer Royal axis barometer Bradley building carried catalogue celestial chronograph chronometer clock comet determination direction discovery distance dome double stars earth eclipse entirely equator equatorial fixed stars Flamsteed's Gamma Draconis Greenwich Observatory Halley Halley's heavens INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES INDIANENSIS John Flamsteed Jonas Moore Jupiter labour latitude longitude longitude at sea Lower Computing Room lunar magnetic needle Maskelyne means ment meridian Meteorological minutes moon moon's motion mounted move movements mural circle NATHANIEL BLISS Nautical Almanac navigation Newton observations pass photograph pier planets pole Pond Pond's position practical present quadrant refractor right ascension Royal Observatory Royal Society satellites Sir Jonas Moore solar spectroscope spots sun-spots thermometer Thompson tions transit circle transit instrument transit of Venus UNIVERSITATIS LUX vatory watch whilst wires zenith