1、Royal Greenwich ObservatorySPEAKER:Given by Joy&LindyCONTENTSORIGININSTURMENTSBUILDINGS&SURROUNDINGSOrigin Official Greenwich Observatory built in the early time, to accurately observe the moon and stars, solve the determination of longitude at sea, in order to provide help for the rapid development
2、 of marine industry.Origin A funny story1858.11.24,when the clock in Dorest struck to 10:06 ,the judge announced that the land litigant（诉讼人） failed. the reason is that he didnt appear in court on time at10 oclock in the morning. Two minutes later, complained the litgiant, he told the judge that he i
3、s completely in accordance with the town train stations clock time, and not late. Originally, this is because of the different court and the home location, causing a lag. Therefore, the judge had to rejudge.The time difference between the railway station and the court promoted the work of the United
4、 Kingdom for a standarad time. But it was not until 1880 beforethe British Parliament decided to make the Greenwich time as the national standard time, thus ending the chaos caused by the time is not uniform.Insturment The shepherd (牧羊人时钟）Insturment Royal Observatory at Greenwichthe ball will start
5、to rise at 12:55,and reach the highest point after 3 min,At 13:00,it will fall down.Insturment Octagon House(八角屋）This is Octagon House(八角屋）， which is the main part of the observatoryInsturment A clockA lot of instruments are on display.Insturment A sundialIt is a timemeasuringinstrument,too.The working principle is similar to sundial.(日晷）Insturment A globeThe globe shows different time zones and the latitude andlongitude.
