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Jonathan D. Betts
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Curator of Horology, Royal Observatory Greenwich, National Maritime Museum.

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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the name for mean solar time of the longitude (0°) of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in England. The meridian at this longitude is called the prime meridian or Greenwich meridian. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) has been used to clearly designate epoch by avoiding confusing…
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