- OfficialsfromGreenwichObservatoryhavetheclockcheckedtwiceaday.TerrestriallongitudeismeasuredindegreeseastorwestoftheGreenwichmeridian.TheInternationalMeridienConferenceof1884establishedGreenwichMeanTime,referringtothemeansolartimeattheRoyalObservator...
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- TheGreenwichmeridianwasadoptedin1884bytheInternationalmeridianConferenceasthelinewithzerodegreesoflongitude.TerrestriallongitudeismeasuredindegreeseastorwestoftheGreenwichmeridian.Thisfamoustimepiece,alwaysregulatedontheGreenwichmeridian,whichwasnows...
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