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" That the Conference proposes the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for which it may be found convenient, and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time where desirable. "
Science - Page 399
1884
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Young England, Volume 6

690 pages
...than half a circle, ie, ISO'. Another resolution passed reads as follows : " The Conference proposes the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for...and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time where desirable." And again, " That the universal day is to be a mean solar...
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Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volumes 10-11

American Society of Civil Engineers - 1884 - 310 pages
...degrees, east longitude being plus and west longitude minus. IV. — "That the Conference proposes the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for...and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time when desirable. V. — " That this universal day is to be a mean solar day ;...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 954 pages
...180 degrees, east longitude being plus and west longitude minus." 4. " That the Conference proposes the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for which it may bo found convenient, and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other 'standard time, where...
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Déliberations Et Mémoires de la Société Royale Du Canada

Royal Society of Canada - 1887 - 580 pages
...the Conference laid down the following important principles : — IV. " That the Conference proposes the adoption of a Universal Day for all purposes for...and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time where desirable." V. " That the Universal Day is to be a mean solar day : is...
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Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac

United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office, Great Britain. Nautical Almanac Office - 1992 - 786 pages
...be counted in two directions up to 180 degrees, east longitude being plus and west longitude minus." "the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for which it may be found convenient" "That this universal day is to be a mean solar day; is to begin for all the world at the moment of...
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Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America

Ian R. Bartky - 2000 - 346 pages
...delegates to the Meridian Conference recommended, by a vote of twenty-three ayes with two abstentions, the adoption of "a universal day for all purposes...and which shall not interfere with the use of local and other standard time where desirable." Standard Railway Time was safe from change, and local time...
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American Metrological Society Proceedings, Volumes 1-5

American Metrological Society - 1889 - 948 pages
...for all purposes unqualifiedly. The actual recommendation was " ' IV. That the Conference proposes the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for...and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time where desirable.' " There is room for a wide margin of opinion as to what constitutes...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 958 pages
...180 degrees, east longitude being plus and west longitude minus." 4. " That the Conference proposes the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for...and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time, where desirable." 5. " That this universal day is to be a mean solar day ;...
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Nature, Volume 31

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 650 pages
...Domingo, France, Turkey. Ayes, 14 ; noes, 5 ; abstaining, 6. IV. "Resolved, That the Conference proposes the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for...and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time where desirable." This resolution was adopted by the following vote : — In...
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An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ...

Joseph Whitaker - 1886 - 634 pages
...the voting being fourteen ayrxt five HOP,«, and one abstaining. The fourth proposition, " to adopt a universal day for all purposes for which it may...and which shall not interfere with the use of local or other standard time, where desirable," was carried by twenty-three чуе», and two abstaining....
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