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Is noon 12 am or 12 pm? - Royal Museums Greenwich
To avoid any confusion (and to make sure you arrive on time), it might be best to say 12 noon or 12 midnight instead. Alternatively, you could use the 24-hour clock system, where 12:00 is noon and 00:00 (or 24:00) is midnight. These are the Harrison Marine Timekeepers, some of the most groundbreaking clocks ever made.
Tudor fashion - Royal Museums Greenwich
Glossary of Tudor fashion terms. Farthingale (Spanish) A skirt stiffened with hoops of progressively increasing circumference, worn as an undergarment to add volume to the skirt. Farthingale (Drum or French) A padded hoop worn around the waist to widen the skirts at the hip area, causing the skirt to drape. Busk.
True north and magnetic north: what's the difference?
True north is a fixed point on the globe. Magnetic north is quite different. Magnetic north is the direction that a compass needle points to as it aligns with the Earth’s magnetic field. What is interesting is that the magnetic North Pole shifts and changes over time in response to changes in the Earth’s magnetic core. It is not a fixed point.
What is the Prime Meridian - and why is it in Greenwich?
Royal Observatory Greenwich is famous around the world as the home of the historic Prime Meridian. Just as the equator separates the northern and southern hemispheres, the Prime Meridian separates the eastern and western hemispheres. When you stand across the line, you have one foot in the east and one in the west.
Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex - Royal Museums Greenwich
In 8 February 1601 they marched into the City where they thought they would be joined by legions of delighted Londoners. The anticipated support did not materialise and the rebellion collapsed within the day. Essex and some of his co-conspirators were executed for treason on 25 February 1601. Elizabeth was shocked and devastated by his betrayal.
History of Antarctic explorers | Royal Museums Greenwich
Find Out More. 1901-1904 Captain Robert Falcon Scott leads his first expedition to the Antarctic in the specially built ship Discovery. During the National Antarctic Expedition, Scott, Ernest Shackleton and EA Wilson travel to within 410 miles of the South Pole before they are forced to turn back on 30 December 1902.
What causes the Northern Lights? Aurora borealis explained
1:13. The lights we see in the night sky are in actual fact caused by activity on the surface of the Sun. Solar storms on our star's surface give out huge clouds of electrically charged particles. These particles can travel millions of miles, and some may eventually collide with the Earth.
The history of the transatlantic slave trade - Royal Museums …
After 1807: the Royal Navy and suppression of the slave trade. In 1808, the British West Africa Squadron was established to suppress illegal slave trading. Between 1820 and 1870, Royal Navy patrols seized over 1500 ships and freed 150,000 Africans destined for slavery in the Americas. Many people believed that the only way to eradicate slavery ...
What did Galileo discover? - Royal Museums Greenwich
Galileo pioneered the use of the telescope for observing the night sky. His discoveries undermined traditional ideas about a perfect and unchanging cosmos with the Earth at its centre. Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy on 15 February 1564 (Julian calendar; 26 February 1564 by our modern day Gregorian ...