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Photographer: Michael Herrick
Taken: April 28, 2018
Caption: Bradley’s meridian line Marker
Additional Description: Bradley’s transit telescope was behind the black doors.
( the small plaque )
James Bradley’s Meridian The 3rd Astronomer Royal, James Bradley, (1692–1762) set up his principal telescope on this north-south line, or meridian, which was used as Longitude Zero from 1750 until 1850.
Submitted: May 25, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
Database Locator Identification Number: p427505
File Size: 1.179 Megabytes

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