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The geography of Europe
Europe is above the Equator and the very north of the continent is within the Arctic Circle. The Prime Meridian passes through London in the United Kingdom. Europe is the second smallest continent ...
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Miller, Kramer: Where time begins — a proposal to relocate the Prime Meridian to St. Paul
When longitude was first understood sailors measured their position by degrees east or west of their port of departure. Later many countries established their own prime meridians. It was not until the ...
Reflections from sunny Greenwich as the clocks change to summer time
The incumbent, the 15th holder of the title, is Martin John Rees, the Baron Rees of Ludlow, a cross-bench peer and former ...
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Remembering the Washington Conference That Brought the World Standard Time
A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on March 26, 2012, in London. Oli Scarff/Getty Images The 1884 International Meridian ...