James Gregory's meridian line
Dublin Core
Title
James Gregory's meridian line
Subject
Natural Philosophy
Description
This meridian runs several degrees west of the Greenwich meridian, making it around 12 minutes behind GMT. The brass meridian on South Street represents the line which Gregory initially carved into the floor of his laboratory (now King James' Library).
Source
history
Date
1668
Contributor
Lucia Cathers
Type
Site
Identifier
169
Spatial Coverage
current,56.339114,-2.794631;
Europeana
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Place
King James' Library, University of St Andrews, KY169JU
Prim Media
180
End Date
1675
Citation
“James Gregory's meridian line,” St Andrews Science, accessed November 23, 2024, https://straylight.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/standscience/omeka/items/show/218.