| 1885 - 552 pages
...radical a reform than the abolition of the astronomical day. The second resolution reads as follows : " That the Conference proposes to the governments here...represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the center of the transit instrument at the Greenwich Observatory, as the initial meridian for longitude."... | |
| 1884 - 652 pages
...propose to the governments represented the adoption, as a standard meridian, of that of Greenwich, passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the observatory of Greenwich. The two French delegates made extended remarks opposing such a direct, resolution, stating that this... | |
| 1884 - 648 pages
...prime meridian for all nations, in place of the multiplicity of initial meridians which now exist." 2. "That the conference proposes to the governments...Greenwich, as the initial meridian for longitude." 3. " That from this meridian, longitude shall be 1 Concluded from p. 4(Ki. counted in two directions... | |
| 1884 - 660 pages
...propose to the governments represented the adoption, as a standard meridian, of that of Greenwich, passing through the centre of the' transit instrument at the observatory of Greenwich. The two French delegates made extended remarks opposing such a direct resolution, stating that this... | |
| John Michels (Journalist) - 1884 - 668 pages
...propose to the governments represented the adoption, as a standard meridian, of that of Greenwich, passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the observatory of Greenwich. The two French delegates made extended remarks opposing such a direct resolution, stating that this... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 688 pages
...of initial meridians which now exist." This resolution was unanimously adopted. II. '''•Resolved, That the Conference proposes to the Governments here...Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." The above resolution was adopted by the following vote : — In the affirmative — Austria-Hungary,... | |
| 1885 - 600 pages
...multiplicity of initial meridians which now exist." This resolution was adopted unanimously. II. " That the Conference proposes to the Governments here...Green-wich as the initial meridian for longitude." This resolution was adopted by the following vote :— In the affirmative— Austria-Hungary Mexico... | |
| Royal Astronomical Society - 1833 - 572 pages
...multiplicity of initial meridians which now exist." This resolution was adopted unanimously. II. " That the Conference proposes to the Governments here...Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." This resolution was adopted by the following vote : — In the affirmative — • Austria-Hungary... | |
| 1885 - 1056 pages
...resolution, among others, was adopted by a vote of twenty-two of the twenty-five representatives present: That the Conference proposes to the Governments here...represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the center of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude.... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - 1036 pages
...resolution, among others, was adopted by a vote of renty-two of the twenty-five representatives present: That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of %• meridian passing through the center of the transit instrument at the Observatory f Greenwich as... | |
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