| Raymond Landon Bridgman - 2005 - 316 pages
...of the transit instrument at the observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude. 3. That from this meridian longitude shall be counted...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 be... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 650 pages
...Domingo. Abstaining from voting — Brazil, France. Ayes, 22 ; noes, i ; abstaining, 2. III. " Resolved, That from this meridian longitude shall be counted...— Chili, Liberia, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Great Britain, Russia, Guatemala, Salvador, Hawaii, United States, Japan, Venezuela. In the... | |
| American Metrological Society - 1889 - 948 pages
...centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich, us the initial meridian for longitude. III. — That from this meridian longitude shall be...east longitude being plus and west longitude minus. IV. — That the Conference proposes the adoption of a universal day for all purposes for which it... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 958 pages
...instrument at the Greenwich Observatory as the initial meridian of longitude, and also voted to recommend that from this meridian longitude shall be counted in two directions up to 180° ; east longitude being plus, and west longitude minus. Resolutions were also adopted in favor of adopting... | |
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