Editing Time signal (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
The first telegraph distribution of time signal in the United Kingdom, indeed, in the world, was initiated in 1852 by the [[Electric Telegraph Company]] in collaboration with the [[Astronomer Royal]].  [[Greenwich Mean Time]] was distributed by telegraph from the [[Greenwich Observatory]].  This included a system for synchronising the drop of the time ball at Greenwich with other time balls around the country, one of which was atop the Electric's offices in the [[Strand, London|Strand]].<ref name=Kieve52/>

Other synchronised time balls were atop the [[Nelson Monument, Edinburgh]]; the sailors' home [[Broomielaw]], Glasgow; [[Liverpool]] and one at [[Deal, Kent]], installed by the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]].<ref name=Kieve52>Kieve, Jeffrey L., ''The Electric Telegraph: A Social and Economic History'', pp. 52-53, David and Charles, 1973 {{oclc|655205099}}.</ref>