 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 3761884Full view - About this book
 | William Robert Martin - 1899 - 474 pages
...as a common zero of longitude, twenty-two representatives voted in favour of adopting the meridian passing through the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude, and fourteen voted in favour of counting the longitude in two... | |
 | Lawrence Johnstone Burpee - 1915 - 344 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. ' III. That from this meridian longitude shall be counted in... | |
 | Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) - 1886 - 544 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." Adopted by the following vote: Ayes, 22 nations; noes, 1; abstaining,... | |
 | 690 pages
...resolution : " 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 result was as we have stated. As all navigators must carry... | |
 | American Society of Civil Engineers - 1884 - 310 pages
...— "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. III. — " That from this meridian longitude shall be counted... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1885 - 650 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 : —... | |
 | American Metrological Society - 1889 - 948 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, us the initial meridian for longitude. III. — That from this meridian longitude shall be counted... | |
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