Prime meridian (Greenwich) (English Wikipedia)

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Howse, Derek (1997). Greenwich Time and the Longitude. Phillip Wilson. pp. 12, 137. ISBN 978-0-85667-468-6.

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"Scientists explain why Greenwich Meridian line is in 'wrong place'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015.

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Malys, Stephen; Seago, John H.; Palvis, Nikolaos K.; Seidelmann, P. Kenneth; Kaplan, George H. (1 August 2015). "Why the Greenwich meridian moved". Journal of Geodesy. 89 (12): 1263–1272. Bibcode:2015JGeod..89.1263M. doi:10.1007/s00190-015-0844-y.

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Hirsch & von Oppolzer (1884), p. 178.
Hirsch & von Oppolzer (1884), p. 138–139, 145.
Hirsch & von Oppolzer (1884), p. 201, Resolution III.
Hirsch & von Oppolzer (1884), p. 202, Resolution VIII.

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"International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the proceedings". Project Gutenberg. 1884. p. 209. Retrieved 30 November 2012.

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Malys, Stephen; Seago, John H.; Palvis, Nikolaos K.; Seidelmann, P. Kenneth; Kaplan, George H. (1 August 2015). "Why the Greenwich meridian moved". Journal of Geodesy. 89 (12): 1263–1272. Bibcode:2015JGeod..89.1263M. doi:10.1007/s00190-015-0844-y.

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Dracup, Joseph F. (1994). Geodetic Surveys in the United States, the Beginning and the Next 100 Years 1807-1940 (Report). NOAA special publication NOS NGS. National Geodetic Survey.

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Geodesy for the Layman (PDF) (Technical report) (5th ed.). National Ocean Service. December 1983. pp. 6–10.

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"What is the Prime Meridian and why is it in Greenwich?". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
"What is the Prime Meridian - and why is it in Greenwich?". Royal Museums Greenwich. In 1850, a new telescope known as the Airy Transit Circle (named after George Biddell Airy, the seventh Astronomer Royal) was designed for the Royal Observatory. From January 1851 it became the instrument that defined the Greenwich Meridian.

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"Scientists explain why Greenwich Meridian line is in 'wrong place'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015.