The Time Ball. by John Cooper

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15 08 2006	John Victor Cooper

The Time Ball.

Greenwich Observatory.

This ball was raised up the pole and dropped at exactly 1.00pm every day.
This enabled all the sailing ships in the Pool of London to set their clocks.

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Ian Dalgliesh		22-Sep-2006 22:58
So this is where Mark Knopfler came to pen that immortal line"Atlast just as the Time Ball rings."

1moremile		18-Aug-2006 01:49
That is so cool.

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