Archive for May, 2007

The 33rd Amnesty book sale

Posted in Uncategorized on 05/30/2007 04:41 pm by Jimbo


AIBG Book Sale 16.6.07 leaflet, originally uploaded by eat your greens.

Saturday 16th June 2007

Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row, Blackheath

Thousands of new and used books at low, low prices.

 

Opening the 28-inch

Posted in Uncategorized on 05/09/2007 03:54 pm by Jimbo


Jim opens the dome, originally uploaded by danchamp.

Last year, after @media, a group of us met up in Greenwich on Saturday morning. I gave a rough guided tour, including the history of the Royal Observatory, John Harrison’s chronometers, the adoption of standard time and ended it all by opening up the 28-inch refractor.

If there’s interest, I’ll do it again this year. Leave a comment below if you want to come along.