THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN.
Greenwich as a town is nothing very remarkable, but. as the headquarters of Father Time it is (remarks 'Science Sittings') the most important snot on earth. Its time is in every longitude of the globe. Every land —excepting Spain, Portugal, Russia, and a few others—measures the hours from its meridian. No navigator on duty is without Greenwich time in sight, and every town and geographcal point is known by its distance cast or west from the Greenwich Observatory. Ask tho time, and the answer is always in even hours ahead or behind Greenwich, or else the exact Greenwich time. In Greni Britain, Belgium, and Holland you get the Greenwich time. One hour before Greenwich time rules in Germany, Austria-Hun-gary, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland. Two hours ahead ei Greenwich is adopted in Bulgaria, Roumania, and Turkey in Europe. 'Eight hours ahead of Greenwich applies in the Philippines. Nino hours before the Greenwich time is used in Australia. Ten hours ahead of Greenwich is official in Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania. The United States, Canada, and
Mexico have adopted the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth hour after. So it is around tho earth, every tick of every clock regulated by Greenwich time.
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Evening Star, Issue 11725, 7 April 1902, Page 5
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204THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN. Evening Star, Issue 11725, 7 April 1902, Page 5
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