On 5 Oct 2014, at 17:18, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
It is this area that wy own interests lie, and it is not clear from the limited data provided on James Gregory if his meridian was actually associated with setting time anywhere other than St. Andrew? Just what was the spread of usage of common time across the UK back in the 17th century?
Yes, I noticed that the St Andrews press release didn’t say anything about this meridian being used to define local time back then, even for the town, let alone anywhere else. It only mentions astronomical observations. A couple of minor points: The town, and hence the university, is St Andrews. It’s the saint who is Andrew. Maybe your ? was just a typo. It wasn’t really the UK in the 17th century. Scotland was a separate kingdom, although under the same King as England post the union of the crowns in 1603. Those kingdoms weren’t united until the union of the parliaments in 1707. Peter Ilieve