The " Greenwich Atomic " ( GA ) scale began in 1955 at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

King Charles II, who founded the Royal Observatory Greenwich in 1675 instructed the first Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed, ".

From that time until 1972 the Astronomer Royal was Director of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

* 1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.

The Shepherd gate clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

* 1924 – The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the " BBC pips ".

Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT ) is a time system originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, which later became adopted as a global time standard.

Royal Observatory, Greenwich | Greenwich clock with standard measurements

By convention, one of these, the Prime Meridian, which passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England, establishes the position of zero degrees longitude.

* 1675 – King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

Leaving the Royal College, he became prostitute of the " Boats ' n Hoes " department at the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford in 1854, and in 1855 was appointed lecturer in chemistry at the Chester Diocesan Training College.

The Royal Greenwich Observatory, in South East London, is the defining point of the Prime Meridian.

* February 5-GMT: A radio time signal is broadcast for the first time from the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

* February 15 – At 04: 51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, United Kingdom with a bomb.

The event is witnessed during the evening hours by the amateur astronomer John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

* August 10 – King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London ; construction begins.

A copy of Vega's Thesaurus belonging to the private collection of the British mathematician and computing pioneer Charles Babbage ( 1791 – 1871 ) is preserved at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

The current standard epoch is called " J2000. 0 " ( and is approximately noon January 1, 2000, Gregorian calendar, at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London England ).

Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT ) was originally mean time deduced from meridian observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory ( RGO ).

The local time at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich, England was chosen as standard at the 1884 International Meridian Conference, leading to the widespread use of Greenwich Mean Time to set local clocks.

Since Maskelyne's observations and calculations were made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the Greenwich meridian eventually became a common base for longitude worldwide and was adopted internationally as the Prime Meridian in 1884.

* Online catalogue of Maskelyne's working papers ( part of the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives held at Cambridge University Library )

In June 1675, another royal warrant provided for the founding of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and Flamsteed laid the foundation stone in August.

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The Pipe Major of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was summoned to Edinburgh Castle and chastised for demeaning the bagpipes.

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A statue of Hume by Alexander Stoddart on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh

Conan Doyle stated that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

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Dewar called the Royal High School on Calton Hill in Edinburgh a " nationalist shibboleth ", mainly because it had been the proposed site of the Scottish Assembly in the 1979 referendum.

The Britannica has an Editorial Board of Advisors, which includes 12 distinguished scholars: author Nicholas Carr, religion scholar Wendy Doniger, political economist Benjamin M. Friedman, Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Leslie H. Gelb, computer scientist David Gelernter, Physics Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian, philosopher Thomas Nagel, cognitive scientist Donald Norman, musicologist Don Michael Randel, Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch.

Other notable institutions include the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh which were established by Royal Charter, in 1506 and 1681 respectively.

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is the main public hospital for the city.

Hospitals in Edinburgh include the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, which includes Edinburgh University Medical School, and the Western General Hospital, which includes a large cancer treatment centre and the nurse-led Minor Injuries Clinic.

The Royal Infirmary is the main Accident & Emergency hospital not just for Edinburgh but also Midlothian and East Lothian, and is the headquarters of NHS Lothian, making it a centric focus for Edinburgh and its hinterland.

The Royal Edinburgh Hospital specialises in mental health ; it is situated in Morningside.

The Royal Lyceum Theatre has its own company, while the King's Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, and Edinburgh Playhouse stage large touring shows.

Arne Kaijser ( born 1950 ) is a professor of History of Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and the head of the university's department of History of science and technology.

* 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia (" Royal Academy of History ") is founded in Madrid.

" Frontspiece to ' The History of Royal Society | Royal-Society of London ', picturing Bacon ( in the right ) among the founding influences of the Royal Society | Society.

It is uncertain where their skins are located today, however, but according to Errol Fuller, three are suspected due to their connection to a specific dealer in Copenhagen ; the specimens in Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, and the one in Übersee-Museum Bremen.

* Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive World History by Robert Royal, Crossroad / Herder & Herder ; ( April 2000 ).

Sprat regarded " fine speaking " as a disease, and thought that a proper style should " reject all amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style " and instead " return back to a primitive purity and shortness " ( History of the Royal Society, 1667 ).

It is currently composed by a president, nominated by the Council of MInisters, several ex officio councilors — former prime ministers of Spain, directors or presidents of the Royal Spanish Academy, the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, the Royal Academy of History, the Social and Economic Council, the Attorney General of the State, the Chief of Staff, the governor of the Bank of Spain, the Director of the Juridical Service of the State, and the presidents of the General Commission of Codification and Law — several permanent councilors, appointed by decree, and no more than ten elected councilors in addition to the Council's Secretary General.

* Halford Mackinder presents a paper on " The Geographical Pivot of History " to the Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulates the Heartland Theory, originating the study of geopolitics.

* January 30 – History of Antarctica: British Royal Navy captain Edward Bransfield lands on the mainland of Antarctica.

Notable museums include the Natural History Museum in London, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History in Oxford, the Muséum national d ' histoire naturelle in Paris, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D. C., the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

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* Royal Berkshire History: St. Edmund of Abingdon

* Royal Berkshire History: Miles Coverdale ( 1488-1569 )

The Society had just spent its book budget on a History of Fishes, and the cost of publication was borne by Edmund Halley ( who was also then acting as publisher of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ): the book appeared in summer 1687.

* Royal Engineers Museum British Army Postal Services History

Thomas Birch's History of the Royal Society is one of the most important sources of our knowledge not only of the origins of the Society, but also the day to day running of the Society.