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Almhouses, Annotations and Murder: Spending Time with Parish Registers

  • by Antony Ramm, Local and Family History, Central Library


Leeds History

The Human Computer

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich is fun. You can see John Harrison’s clocks which, famously, helped to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. To do that, a seaman needed to know the difference between the time at the Meridian Line, zero longitude, and the time on his ship, so having an accurate clock that didn’t vary in the pitching and yawing of the sailing ships of the time was vital. 497 more words

Creepshow (1982, George A. Romero)

Creepshow is an homage to 1950s horror comic books. Director Romero and writer Stephen King go out of their way to make it feel like you’re reading one of those comics. 791 more words


Look to the horizon: Why latitude was easier to find than longitude

Ships, Clocks and Stars: the Quest for Longitude tells the amazing story of how the problem of determining longitude at sea was solved. The exhibition explains the rival methods and shows the incredible craftsmanship and ingenuity of clockmaker John Harrison, whose timepieces finally gave sailors a practical means to calculate their longitude in a simple manner. 1,118 more words


John Arnold, Watchmaker

source: Wikipedia

John Arnold (born 1736 probably in Bodmin, Cornwall – died 1799 in London) was an English watchmaker and inventor.

John Arnold was the first to design a… 236 more words


Tec - Cement Exposed Concrete Floors

Our first floor slab was an eco-cement slab and used in the low carbon building. (See earthship brighton tececo)

ed:  What a beautiful floor!   this is an extract from tececo site. 407 more words

Lost in the EU

The EU referendum is a complex issue and I know people who are reluctantly voting to remain and Brexiters who are worried about anti-immigrant sentiment. So, this week, I attended the Wakefield debate on the EU referendum. 329 more words

Pro Europe, Anti EU