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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 417
1884
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The Observatory, Volume 50

1927 - 426 pages
...nor America," and it was lost by 3 votes io 21, After some further discussion a resolution was put " That the Conference proposes to the Governments here...represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." This was...
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The Mariner's Mirror, Volume 13

Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin - 1927 - 468 pages
...America," and it was lost by 3 votes against 2 1 . After some further discussion a resolution was put "that the Conference proposes to the Governments here...represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." This was...
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Young England, Volume 6

690 pages
...for Greenwich, one against, and two did not vote at all. These are the words of the resolution : " That the conference proposes to the Governments here...Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." The result was as we have stated. As all navigators must carry charts, it is better that the longitude...
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Geological Survey Bulletin, Issue 1532

1949 - 346 pages
...Meridian Conference, meeting in Washington, agreed to adopt the "meridian passing through the center of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude," resolving that "from this meridian longitude 11 shall be counted in two directions up to 180 degrees,...
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Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volumes 10-11

American Society of Civil Engineers - 1884 - 310 pages
...meridian for all nations, in place of the multiplicity of initial meridians which now exist. II. — "That the Conference proposes to the Governments here...Greenwich, as the initial meridian for longitude. III. — " That from this meridian longitude shall be counted in two directions up to 180 degrees,...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 954 pages
...place designated ; and, after careful and patient discussion, has passed Ihe following resolutions : 1. " That it is the opinion of this Congress that...represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the center of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude."...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 954 pages
...proposes to the Governments here represented the adoption of the meridian passing through the center of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich...longitude." 3. " That from this meridian, longitude shall be counted in two directions up to 180 degrees, east longitude being plus and west longitude minus." 4....
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Map Projections--a Working Manual

John Parr Snyder - 1987 - 412 pages
...Meridian Conference, meeting in Washington, agreed to adopt the "meridian passing through the center of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude," resolving that "from this meridian longitude shall be counted in two directions up to 180 degrees,...
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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
...The resolutions of that conference included: "the adoption of the meridian passing through the center of the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian for longitude." "That from this meridian longitude shall be counted in two directions up to 180 degrees, east longitude...
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Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps: Empires of Time

Peter Galison - 2003 - 398 pages
...scientific question. The question was soon called for the adoption of "the meridian passing through the transit instrument at the Observatory of Greenwich as the initial meridian of longitude." San Domingo voted against the sanctification of Greenwich; Brazil and France abstained....
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