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Greenwich

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An important borough of Kent (officially within the county of London), on the Thames, 5 m. SE. of London Bridge; its active industries embrace engineering, telegraph works, chemical works, &c.; the Royal Observatory, founded by Charles II. in 1675, occupies a commanding site within the Park; it is from this point that degrees of longitude with us are reckoned.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Greenwich'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/greenwich.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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