The First Monarch to Study Science World Wide, The Reason English King George III Possessed an Astronomical Observatory During the 18th Century, and the Location of George III’s Scientific Instruments During the Modern Day

King George III of England was the first monarch to study science. George III had his own astronomical observatory, constructed in 1769 at Kew (now referred to as the "King’s Observatory"), designed by Sir William Chambers specifically so that the Geroge III and English royal court astronomers could observe the rare transit of Venus across the Sun, an event which allowed scientists to refine their calculations of the size of the Solar System and the distance between Earth and the Sun. George III...


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