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Before atomic clocks, people relied on more accurate timekeepers to set their own. Ruth Belville, known as the “Greenwich Time Lady,” would collect the correct time daily from the Royal Observatory and travel across the city, helping clients sync their clocks to Greenwich Mean Time. Watch more:

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