mean solar time
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How is the situation improved by introducing mean solar time and standard time?
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Although mean solar time has the advantage of progressing at a uniform rate, it is still inconvenient for practical use because it is determined by the position of the Sun.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
If mean solar time were strictly observed, people traveling east or west would have to reset their watches continually as the longitude changed, just to read the local mean time correctly.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Every degree of longitude around the globe would correspond to a four-minute time difference away from mean solar time on that verdant hilltop just east of London.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2015
In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg
