| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 682 pages
...the following extract : — " (i) The Conference expresses the hope that as soon as may be practical the astronomical and nautical days will be arranged everywhere to begin at mean midnight. " (2) That east longitudes shall be counted as plus and west longitudes as minus. "The first of these... | |
| 1917 - 530 pages
...the undersigned expressions of their opinion as to the desirability of a * Resolution VI. — That the Conference expresses the hope that, as soon as may be practicable, tbe astronomical and nautical daj-s will be arranged everywhere to begin at mean midnight. (Carried... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1886 - 688 pages
...but demand no action on the part of this country. " As regards the sixth resolution, which proposes that as soon as may be practicable the astronomical and nautical days shall be arranged everywhere to begin at mean midnight, it appears that the opinion in England is generally... | |
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