Greenwich Sets the Standard
In 1884, London’s Greenwich became the ‘Prime Meridian of the World’, with an acknowledged longitude of 0°, enabling an international standard measurement of time and supporting the rapid development of transport, industry and communications.
Related collections you might be interested in:
- UK Colonial Registers and Royal Navy Logbooks (CORRAL)
- A digitised archive of the Royal Navy and other shipping’s log books, dating back to the age of naval discovery and exploration, aided by the imposition of Greenwich Mean Time.
- Web of Science Backfiles
- World-leading research literature.
- IOP Publishing Journal Archive 1874-1998
- IOP Publishing’s full journal archive.
FAQs | Contact us | Survey | Image references | Legal & accessibility | Promote JISC Content Site created by Mimas and M&M 
