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Old and New London
… above which, on an eminence in the park, appears the Royal Observatory. In the centre of the great square is a statue of … adjusted with great accuracy, by the authorities of the Observatory. The Queen's House, as the building on the south …
Old and New London
… Greenwich The park and the royal observatory CHAPTER XVI. GREENWICH (continued).THE PARK, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, &c. "Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads … John PondSir George Biddell AiryDescription of the Observatory and of the Instruments in UseThe Magnetic …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by Palgrave & Co. next to it together with an astronomical observatory in 1897. 4 In 1895 the architect Sir Reginald …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… photographic, and natural history sections. It opened an observatory and meteorological station on top of the covered … over 60 others were Hampstead Scientific society, with its observatory, Hampstead Heath and Old Hampstead Protection …
A History of the County of Stafford
… had been converted by 1850 into William Dodd's Hallfield Observatory. 145 Dodd had evidently left by 1854, 146 although the observatory still stood in 1857. 147 A corn mill known as the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… several astronomical works and constructed a small observatory at the house where he used a Ramsden telescope. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… working c. 1890, and the building, after being used as an observatory, 59 was pulled down in 1953. 60 There were two …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… passed to the Duke of Marlborough (d. 1817), who built an observatory which survived until 1923 though the house had …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… about the middle of the 18th century; it is called 'Horton Observatory' on Taylor's map of Dorset (1765). Above the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of his time, and assisted Flamsteed at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. The Hall is a very ancient …