Nov. 17, 2018
5:12 p.m.
On Sat 2018-11-17T11:25:07-0800 Paul Eggert hath writ:
Also, a British astronomer H.P.H. (I don't know who that is) reported in the February 1905 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society that the 1904-10-30 time ball drop in Hong Kong occurred at 17:00 GMT (presumably this was GMT the previous day).
almost certainly Henry Park Hollis http://www.royalobservatorygreenwich.org/articles.php?article=1099 -- Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB 260 Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m