Old Royal Observatory (Greenwich, London, England)
- [When the Royal Observatory, Greenwich completed its move to Herstmonceux in 1957, becoming the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the original site became the Old Royal Observatory. In 1998 when the Royal Greenwich Observatory closed, the Greenwich site resumed the name Royal Observatory, Greenwich.]
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found: Astronomy, 1994:colophon (Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich)
found: Construction of a simple astronomical telescope, 1980:t.p. (Old Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)
found: Wikipedia, 13 June 2013(Royal Observatory, Greenwich; in 1957, the Royal Observatory completed its move to Herstmonceux, becoming the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO); the Greenwich site became the Old Royal Observatory; in 1990, the RGO moved to Cambridge; in 1998, the RGO closed and the Greenwich site became the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, again, part of the National Maritime Museum)
found: Naval review, Apr. 1968:p.173 (Old Royal Observatory Buildings of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park)
found: Port of London magazine 1984:p.48 (Old Royal Observatory will this year commemorate the centenary of the world's adoption of the Greenwich Meridian in Oct. 1884) p.51 (Old Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum)
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- [When the Royal Observatory, Greenwich completed its move to Herstmonceux in 1957, becoming the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the original site became the Old Royal Observatory. In 1998 when the Royal Greenwich Observatory closed, the Greenwich site resumed the name Royal Observatory, Greenwich.]
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2013-06-14: new
2019-03-05: revised
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