Are their clocks in the rooms?

[OneSixtyToOne]

2 hours ago, Jim Avery said:

Does the swaying of the ship make the pendulum swing faster??😎

If you’re ever in Greenwich, be sure to see the Harrison clocks at the Royal Observatory.

 

[longterm]

1 hour ago, OneSixtyToOne said:

If you’re ever in Greenwich, be sure to see the Harrison clocks at the Royal Observatory.

 

We're going next summer on the British Isles Explorer cruise, will have to get there for sure. I have over 30 clocks in my house, not counting various and sundry digital ones here and there, a couple of nixie clocks (worth looking up), at least a dozen that I wind every Saturday... 2 cuckoo clocks that my grandkids love. My sweet wife tolerates them; when they all start chiming at about 10pm, it's cacophonous.

[longterm]

6 minutes ago, longterm said:

We're going next summer on the British Isles Explorer cruise, will have to get there for sure. I have over 30 clocks in my house, not counting various and sundry digital ones here and there, a couple of nixie clocks (worth looking up), at least a dozen that I wind every Saturday... 2 cuckoo clocks that my grandkids love. My sweet wife tolerates them; when they all start chiming at about 10pm, it's cacophonous.

We're planning to be in London a few days before the cruise, so I'm thinking we could board the ship on embarkation day, then get off the ship, walk down to the Royal Observatory. Is this a logical plan?

[OneSixtyToOne]

37 minutes ago, longterm said:

We're planning to be in London a few days before the cruise, so I'm thinking we could board the ship on embarkation day, then get off the ship, walk down to the Royal Observatory. Is this a logical plan?

Walk up, it’s on a hill.

 

Yes, it’s a marvelous place to visit. One highlight is the room design by Christopher Wren for Issac Newton to make his observations.

[Meander Ingwa]

On 3/10/2023 at 1:12 PM, longterm said:

We're going next summer on the British Isles Explorer cruise, will have to get there for sure. I have over 30 clocks in my house, not counting various and sundry digital ones here and there, a couple of nixie clocks (worth looking up), at least a dozen that I wind every Saturday... 2 cuckoo clocks that my grandkids love. My sweet wife tolerates them; when they all start chiming at about 10pm, it's cacophonous.

You also need to pay a visit to the clock room at the British Museum 

[OneSixtyToOne]

15 minutes ago, Meander Ingwa said:

You also need to pay a visit to the clock room at the British Museum 

Also worth a visit, the Clockmakers’ Museum is now located inside the Science Museum in Kensington. 
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/clockmakers-museum

[OneSixtyToOne]

On 5/13/2023 at 5:12 PM, OneSixtyToOne said:

Also worth a visit, the Clockmakers’ Museum is now located inside the Science Museum in Kensington. 
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/clockmakers-museum

Quick follow up. We just got back from our trip to London. Greenwich Observatory has a great free (with admission) daily tour of the Harrison clocks. The docent gives you the history of the longitude prize and clocks H1 - H4, as you walk around and view them. H5 is at the Clockmaker’s Museum. 

 

Greenwich 

   

 

Edited June 5, 2023 by OneSixtyToOne