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" 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 376
1884
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Science, Volume 4

John Michels (Journalist) - 1884 - 668 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...
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Science

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...
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Science

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...
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 45; Volumes 1884-1885

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...
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 45

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...
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Nature, Volume 31

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 688 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 : —...
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Proceedings of the Canadian Institute

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...
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Proceedings of the Canadian Institute, Volume 3

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...
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The Academy: A Journal of Secondary Education, Volume 1

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...
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Sessional Papers, Volume 24, Issue 17

1891 - 604 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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