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Contemporary account from 1902
| Date: | 1902 |
| Author: | Cicely McDonell |
| Title: | What is Greenwich Time? – A visit to the Royal Observatory |
| About: | Published in 1902 in The New Penny Magazine, pp.24–28, this illustrated account, despite its title is not focussed on time specifically. It contains to pictures of William Christie, the Astronomer Royal, which are not known to have been published elsewhere. |
| Images: | Six |
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