Personalities behind The One o'clock Gun |
Admiral Wauchope R.N. |
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Captain Wauchope R.N. of Niddrie, Midlothian invented the time ball in 1819. It took ten years before his
invention was accepted by
the Admiralty. Following the time ball's successful
trial at Portsmouth
the naval officer submitted his idea to the French
and U.S. embassies
in London. Photograph courtesy of the National Library of
Scotland. |
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Niddrie House, Edinburgh. |
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Admiral Wauchope's headstone, St Andrews Church, Dacre, Penrith, Cumbria.Photograph courtesy of Walter
Mead. |
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