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    The Time Ball and the One O' Clock Gun

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    Bob Edwards
    , 08-22-2012 at 11:50 PM (Liverpool Picturebook)
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    Liverpool Observatory was built at Waterloo Dock, Liverpool in 1845 and one of its objectives was to establish Greenwich time and to indicate it each day to the citizens of the Port of Liverpool. Eventually many towns and cities developed their own time ball systems, but it was particularly important for maritime ports to have a precise time signal. Chronometers on board ship had to be exact in order for the ships position to be accurately known

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