I-Greenwich ... Ukubuyekeza okuningiliziwe kwegama

Abantu abaningi bazibuza ukuthi yini i-Greenwich. Ngezinye izikhathi ungalizwa leli gama uma kuziwa ezindaweni zokuhamba kwesikhathi. Noma kunjalo, i- "Greenwich" yigama elihlanganisiwe hhayi nje isikhathi. Unezincazelo eziningana mayelana nokuthi kuzoba yini okuthakazelisayo ukufunda. Noma kunjalo, ngokuvamile abantu bahlobanisa i-Greenwich ngephuzu lesikhathi. Manje kufanelekile ukucabangela konke okushiwo leli gama elingavamile.

I-Greenwich iyini ... Igama elithi "Greenwich" lisho ukuthini?

Ngakho-ke, masiqhubekele ekutadisheni okuningiliziwe kwaleli gama. Njengoba sekushiwo ngenhla, enye yezinguquko zegama elithi "Greenwich" yindawo lapho i-time zone iqala khona ukubala kuyo yonke iplanethi. Isikhathi esiphezulu kuGreenwich Mean Time (noma i-Greenwich Mean Time) yinani elibalulekile lelanga elangeni le-meridian, elidlula endaweni lapho i-Greenwich Royal Observatory yayikhona ngaphambili. Yayiseduze neLondon. Isikhathi samaGreenwich sasibizwa ngokuthi yi-GMT, okusho ukuthi i- Greenwich Mean Time. Kuze kube ngu-1972, isikhathi se-GMT sithathwe njengendawo yokubhekisela kwezinye izindawo.

Ezinye izincazelo zegama elithi "greenwich"

Ngakho sibheke umbuzo walokho okushiwo nguGreenwich. Noma kunjalo, ukwelashwa okuhambisana nezikhathi zesikhathi - akuwona lonke ulwazi ngalendawo. Kukhona nendawo yomlando eLondon, ebizwa ngokuthi iRoyal Borough Greenwich. Kuyafaneleka ukukhuluma kabanzi ngalokho okuyikho. Le ndawo ibhekwa ngokufanele "isango lolwandle" lomuzi futhi unomlando ocebile kakhulu, kusukela esikhathini esidlule ixhunywe nemikhumbi yaseBrithani. Manje i-Greenwich ithola isihloko sesinye sezifunda ezihlonishwa kakhulu eLondon. Uma sikhuluma ngendawo lapho iGreenwich itholakala khona, kubalulekile ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi itholakala esifundeni semlando eseningizimu-mpumalanga yeLondon, ngaseceleni kwesigodi soMfula iThames. Le ndawo idume hhayi kuphela ngomlando wayo ocebile, kodwa nokuthi iqiniso ukuthi lapha kukhona iphuzu lokubhekisela le-longitude futhi, njengoba sekushiwo ngenhla, izingqikithi zesikhathi. Kuzo ezikhangayo endaweni ungabona iRoyal Greenwich Observatory, iRoyal Maritime Hospital, iGreenwich Park kanye nesikhumbuzo ku-Yuri Gagarin. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi le ndawo iyinhlonipho yaseGreenwich, okufanele ikhulunywe ngokuhlukile.

Inhlonipho yaseGreenwich

Kuvela ukuthi i-Greenwich ayiyona nje isifunda saseLondon, kodwa ngisho ne-peninsula yonke. Lesi siqhingi sisezindaweni ezifanayo okuthiwa eNingizimu London. Ubukhulu bayo buyi-1,500 ngamamitha angu-900. Iphuzu eliphakeme kakhulu ngenhla yolwandle lingamamitha angu-17. Inhlonipho yabonakala ngekhulu le-16. Kuyathakazelisa ngokukhethekile ukuthi yadalwa ngokuhlakanipha, ngokufeza ukusebenza kwamanzi. Yayikhiqizwa ngabanjiniyela baseDutch. Inhloso yalolu shintsho kwakuwukudala insimu yokudla. Phakathi nekhulu le-XIX, izitshalo eziningana zokukhiqiza izibhamu, ukwakhiwa kwamakhemikhali kanye nokunuka kwensimbi esetshenziswa lapha. Kamuva, ekhulwini lama-20, isiteshi esikhulu segesi sasiqhutshwa esiqhingini. Kwaphela isikhathi eside kubhekwa njengenkulu kunazo zonke eYurophu. Kodwa-ke, izimpahla zegesi zemvelo zatholwa eNyakatho yeLwandle, kanti isiteshi savalwa njengoba kungadingekile. Kusukela ngo-2014, kuphawulwe ukuthi i-peninsula ihlelwe ngokuphelele, kwakhiwa imigwaqo emisha lapha, kanye nezakhiwo zokuhlala nezakhiwo zehhovisi. Izikhangiso eziyinhloko ze-peninsula yi- Greenwich Meridian, isithunzi esidumile se- "Quantum Cloud" neDome ye-Millennium.

I-Royal Greenwich Observatory

Kuzuzisa ukukhuluma ngesakhiwo esithakazelisayo njengeRoyal Greenwich Observatory. Ukubuza umbuzo, yini i-Greenwich, abantu bavame ukukhumbuza ngalokhu okulondolozwayo. Njengoba wazi, lena yinhlangano eyinhloko yezinkanyezi ze-Great Britain. Kusemali yezimali. I-Observatory yasungulwa kude nango-1675, ngesikhathi sokubusa kweNkosi Charles II. Lisebenzela, ikakhulukazi, ukucacisa izixhumanisi ezibalulekile zabadobi.

I-Royal Greenwich Observatory yahamba amakhulu eminyaka, kodwa ngo-1953 iningi layo lathuthela e-Hearstmonso Castle. Manje ezakhiweni ze-Greenwich Observatory kunemyuziyamu yezindlela zokuhamba ngezinkanyezi nezinkanyezi. Lapha ungabona izimbukiso eziningi ezithakazelisayo. Futhi lapha ungakwazi ukujwayelana nomlando wokuthuthukiswa kwezinsimbi ezihlukahlukene zokulinganisa isikhathi esasetshenziswa ekuhambeni kwezinkanyezi kanye nolwandle. Ukubamba iqhaza, singaphetha ngokuthi iGreenwich akuyona indawo kuphela lapho i-countdown iqala khona, kodwa futhi nesifunda, isifundazwe, esinomlando omkhulu nesayensi.