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Flamsteed House in Greenwich Park, London, late 17th century. Flamsteed House was designed by Christopher Wren on the orders of Charles II as a royal observatory. At this time the problem of finding longitude at sea was unsolved and the observatory was built in the expectation that it would be possible to produce tables to enable mariners to plot their position. The first nation to solve the problem would have naval and mercantile advantage. John Flamsteed, after whom the building is named, was the first Astronomer Royal.

Unique Identifier AR923640

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 5380px × 1949px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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CHRISTOPHER WREN

Flamsteed House

King Charles II

King of Great Britain and Ireland

Oxford Science Archive

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Royal Observatory

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

Sir Christopher

Sir Christopher Wren