Show MONARCHS ONE GOOD WORK pounding founding of greenwich still the woolda greatest observatory stands to credit of charles it II the first english observatory and still the greatest Is that at greenwich which was founded years yeara ago by charles 11 II it was erected on the summit of Flam steed hill zo so called in honor of the fir farat st astrino mer royal john Flam steed tho the long tuis tua 0 all english charts and maps la is reckoned from this observatory ano tho the captains of ships take their aimle as given at ai ono one p in longitude is also reckoned from tue meridians of paris washington etc but he reckoning from the meridian of greenwich Is most moat general the flroa real observatory in the world was at alexandria by ptolemy soter abo bout tt 13 0 ahr first observatory in europe was founded at in 1472 by bernard walther ther tycho Br bradies alies celebrated observatory was built in the french n royal observatory atory at paris was established in eight years before the erection of the english royal observatory at greenwich kent the first american observatory was established at williams college in rind and that at harvard four years later milwaukee sentinel |