Do visit the main maritime museum down by the river. But the Harrison clocks are at the observatory, where the ball drops, about a 10 minute walk up the hill. Map here:
http://leapsecond.com/pages/meridian/ Besides H1-H4 see if you can get a peek at Clock B: http://leapsecond.com/pend/clockb/ /tvb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Martindale" <dave.martind...@gmail.com> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2016 3:31 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Visiting Greenwich >I am in London England at the moment, playing tourist with the rest of my > family. I want one day to be a visit to the National Maritime Museum at > Greenwich, which includes the Royal Observatory Greenwich. I am > particularly interested in seeing Harrison's H1 through H4, plus other > high-precision mechanical timekeepers (pendulum clocks, etc). > > I know they are at the NMM - their web site shows some of them. But where > are they located on the site? The NMM has a large main building down near > the Thames, while the Royal Observatory and related buildings are on the > top of a hill further inland in Greenwich Park. Are the chronometers and > other precision timekeepers on display somewhere in the Royal Observatory, > or down in the main NMM building? I've spent an hour or two browsing web > sites without finding this particular bit of information. > > I figure there must be list members who have visited the NMM, and know > where the precision timekeepers are actually displayed. > > Thanks, > Dave > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.