 That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude.  Science - Page 376edited by - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1884 - 666 pages
...lost, eight to thirteen, each nation having one vote. Gen. Strachey then introduced, as a substitute, that the president be authorized, with the concurrence...decisions of the geodetic conference last year at Rome, since that was purely a meeting of scientific men on a technical matter, while this conference... | |
 | 1884 - 660 pages
...2. " That the conference proposes to the governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the observatory of Greenwich, as the initial meridian for longitude." 8. " That from this meridian, longitude shall be 1 Concluded... | |
 | 1884 - 646 pages
...exist." 2. "That the conference proposes to the governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the observatory of Greenwich, as the initial meridian for longitude." 3. " That from this meridian, longitude shall be 1 Concluded... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - 1833 - 572 pages
...II. " That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." This resolution was adopted by the following vote : — In... | |
 | 1885 - 600 pages
...II. " That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Green-wich as the initial meridian for longitude." This resolution was adopted by the following vote :— In the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 686 pages
...'''•Resolved, That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." The above resolution was adopted by the following vote : —... | |
 | Canadian Institute - 1886 - 344 pages
...Resolved, That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote : In... | |
 | Canadian Institute - 1886 - 466 pages
...Resolved, That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented, the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude. The above resolution was adopted by the following vote : In... | |
 | 1887 - 434 pages
...teachers." _The following decree was issued in Japan, on July 12, under the Imperial seal: 1. The meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich shall be the initial meridian for longitude. 2. Longitude shall be counted from this initial meridian... | |
 | 1891 - 610 pages
...II. " That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." The above resolution was adopted by the following vote : —... | |
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