THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY
The Royal Observatory tour with British Sign Language
Follow the tour around the historic Observatory, take a journey into space with our expert astronomers, and marvel at some of the most intricate telescopes and timepieces ever made....
1h
Stops
1. Introduction
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3:19
1.1 The Founding of the Royal Observatory
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1:10
2. Flamsteed House
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1:50
2.1 The Maskelyne Dining Room
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1:38
2.2 The Maskelyne Bedroom
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1:19
2.3 The Airy Nursery
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1:56
2.4 The Airy Parlour
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1:14
3. The Octagon Room
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2:25
3.1 Tompion clocks
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1:41
3.2 Quadrant
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0:51
4. Time and Longitude Gallery
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1:23
5. Connection between time and longitude
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1:02
5.1 The problem with pendulum clocks
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1:30
6. Longitude Rewards
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1:20
7. The Astronomical Method
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1:15
8. Harrison’s first three timekeepers
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2:07
8.1 Harrison’s timekeeper H1
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1:05
8.2 Harrison’s timekeeper H2
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1:07
8.3 Harrison’s third timekeeper, H3
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1:38
9. The Astronomical Method – Lunar Distance
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1:37
10. Harrison’s timekeeper H4
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3:18
10.1 Testing H4
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3:17
11. Time and Greenwich Gallery
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0:59
11.1 Maria Belville
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0:58
11.2 Standard Time Company Clock
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1:20
11.3 Shepherd Clock
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1:32
11.4 BBC Six pips clock
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0:34
11.5 Speaking Clock
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0:43
12. The Meridian Courtyard
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1:24
12.1 Your SatNav
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0:48
12.2 The Time-ball
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1:47
13. The Meridian Observatory and Telescopes
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2:11
14. Halley’s Quadrant
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1:18
15. Bradley’s Zenith Sector
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2:07
15.1 Bradley’s Meridian
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1:39
16. Instruments in the room
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1:05
17. The Airy Transit Circle and Prime Meridian
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1:55
Credits
Script created by Royal Museums Greenwich. Production and editing provided by Smartify CIC.
All images © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
All images © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London