TIME BALL LYTTELTON
the time baU .tn dropped, dail/, Sumjaye and at loldc«k|xm. : law^^^dm^tm^yrhlchjaequlv^ 1 tentto&BoGreenwich mean ume of th# pvtouTday, being calculated for^th? m mr 9Qr East Longitude^-and nhr BOmin P fast of Greepwich mean time. - _ . ball will be raised at about Ba*in tol p.mTand will be at the top about H*hep Sfemg the time be careful to P note the exaeo mome»t the ball leaves the % & topofthe .mask „ *.'-j-».*-.iu-iA*« * Should the ball not drop at the proper Ume. it wui be kept at the top, lor al bm* •1 two minutes, and then lowered slowly, w, ■,•,,. ... ,
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Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7728, 6 December 1890, Page 4
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