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BBC microphone
Presentation microphone, with an applied plate inscribed, 'PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL GREENWICH OBSERVATORY BY THE BBC IN RECOGNITION OF THE PROVISION OF THE GREENWICH TIME SIGNAL FROM 5TH FEBRUARY 1924 TO 5TH FEBRUARY 1990'.
In 1990, when the Royal Greenwich Observatory moved from Herstmonceux Castle to Cambridge, responsibility for the timing of the six-pip time signal was transferred to the BBC.
In 1990, when the Royal Greenwich Observatory moved from Herstmonceux Castle to Cambridge, responsibility for the timing of the six-pip time signal was transferred to the BBC.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA0756 |
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| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Microphone |
| Display location: | Display - ROG |
| Creator: | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Date made: | circa 1980 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 220 x 100 x 100 mm |