The old observing-room, Greenwich Albuquerque Some weapons were unfit for

Some weapons were unfit for service

View of no 184 Fleet Street

with multiangular tower and St Mary's Abbey Church ruins

King John's charter invited immigrants to move and settle in Liverpool and was seen by many as the foundation for Liverpool

25th July 1995

The old observing-room, Greenwich Albuquerque Some weapons were unfit forThe old observing room, Greenwich, late 17th century (1893). The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded in 1675 by King Charles II, with John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal. The building, with its octagonal observing room, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893.