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Greenwich Greenwich Miloslava Nykodemová
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Greenwich Quarter at the southeastern part of London
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Greenwich Place where you can find the Royal Observatory and famous Prime Meridian Line
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Greenwich They are placed in a huge park, which has two levels Lower with playgrounds, lake and gardens Higher on the hill where you can find rose gardens, music pavillon, ancient oak connected with Elizabeht I., deer-park and Royal Observatory with Prime Meridian Line
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What is Prime Meridian Line? It is called „Zero longitude „ Established in 1884 Imaginary line connecting South Pole and North Pole from which all other lines of longitude are measured, 180 degrees to the west and 180 to the east
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Greenwich In the evenings the position of the Prime Mediridan is marked by green laser
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Greenwich There is not only Meridian line in Greenwich There is not only Meridian line in Greenwich In the Royal Observatory there is huge Planetarium, Museum of Watches and Time, Camera obscura and Time ball
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Time ball First public time signal to ships on Thames and Londoners Each day at 12,55 the ball starts its way up, at 12,58 is on the top and exactly at 13,00 it falls back down
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Sources: Www.greenwichmeridian.com [online]. 2000 [cit. 2010-02-23]. The Prime Meridian of The World. Dostupné z WWW:. Www.wikipedia.org [online]. 2010-02-21 [cit. 2010-02-23]. Prime Meridian. Dostupné z WWW:. Www.wikipedia.org [online]. 2009-05-30 [cit. 2010-02-23]. Greenwich park. Dostupné z WWW:.
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