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> In 1833 James Pond, the Astronomer Royal, introduced the Greenwich Time Ball... Did he stand up and say: "My name is Pond... James Pond"?
by louthy 2y ago
> In 1833 James Pond, the Astronomer Royal, introduced the Greenwich Time Ball...
Did he stand up and say: "My name is Pond... James Pond"?
- appleorchard46 2y agoWhile we're on the subject of names... > John’s third wife Maria Elizabeth (neé Last) I suppose it avoids any confusion as to what her last name is.
- dmurray 2y agoWell, her first last name was Last, but her last last name was Belville. And her last first name was Elizabeth, and her first first name was Maria.
- louthy 2y agoBravo! This is how Vaudeville was born :)
- jvan 2y agoWas there a fourth wife, or was she the Last?
- dmd 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=het1kl-A8qw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=het1kl-A8qw
- toast0 2y agoA shame she wasn't doing time distribution, or you could get the Last time.
- mytailorisrich 2y agoActually I think this is a typo, or a lapsus, and they are referring to John Pond [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pond