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Identification of purpose of physics.
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Greenwich Royal Observatory Identification of purpose of physics From my visit to the Greenwich Royal Observatory, the first aspect of physics that I will be showing an understanding for is the time keeping due to the earth's movements. Time keeping is on of the most important and what make Greenwich the most famous place for the "creation" of measuring time efficiently. Everyone needs the time and that's why so many years were put into inventing the "perfect" clock. The physics behind the clock is to get an exact measurement of 1 second. This has been achieved by pendulums, weights and now by computer. Time has been completely based on the earth's movement. Early on time was just measured by the light of day but then this all changed due to the stars. In the 1700's people started to measure the earths spin by using the starts. At night the looked up and...
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