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.