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International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884.: Protocols of the ProceedingsInternational Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington, D.C.)

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International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884.: Protocols of the Proceedings

Name: International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884.: Protocols of the Proceedings
Author: International Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington, D.C.)

International Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington, D.C.)

Prime Meridian -- Congresses; Time -- Systems and standards -- Congresses

By the adoption of this system, the exact hours of time-reckoning,
although called by different names in the several sections for
every-day life, but specifically designated, if desired, for
scientific purposes, would be indicated at the same moment of time at
all points. The minutes and seconds would everywhere agree. The
absolute time of the occurrence of any event could, therefore, be
readily determined. The counting of the hour meridians should begin
where the day begins at the transition line.

It would then be one of the possibilities of the powers of electricity
that the pendulum of a single centrally located clock, beating
seconds, could regulate the local time-reckoning of every city on the
face of the earth.

_Table of Standards governing the Hour-Section System of
Time-reckoning._

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Longitude |              HOUR MERIDIANS.                 |Simultaneous
  from    |----------------------------------------------|  hours in
Greenwich.|                                   |          | the several
          |Proposed names of sectional times. | Numbers. |  sections.
----------+-----------------------------------+----------+------------
_Degrees._|                                   |          |
----------|                                   |          |
180       |Transition time                    | 0 or 24th|12 midnight
165 west  |Alaskan                            | 1st......| 1 A. M.
150       |Hawaii                             | 2d ......| 2
135       |Sitka                              | 3d ......| 3
120       |Pacific  (Adopted in U.S. and Can.)| 4th......| 4
105       |Mountain                  "     "  | 5th......| 5
90        |Central (American) time   "     "  | 6th......| 6
75        |Eastern (or Coastwise)    "     "  | 7th......| 7
60        |La Plata                           | 8th......| 8
45        |Brazilian                          | 9th......| 9
30        |Central Atlantic                   |10th......|10
15        |West African                       |11th......|11
0         |Int'l or Unvs'l (Used in Gt. Brit.)|12th......|12 noon.
15 east   |Continental     (Used in Sweden.)  |13th......| 1 P. M.
30        |Bosporus                           |14th......| 2
45        |Caucasus                           |15th......| 3
60        |Ural                               |16th......| 4
75        |Bombay                             |17th......| 5
90        |Central Asian                      |18th......| 6
105       |Siam                               |19th......| 7
120       |East Asian                         |20th......| 8
135       |Japan                              |21st......| 9
150       |East Australian                    |22d.......|10
165       |New Caledonian                     |23d.......|11
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International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884.: Protocols of the Proceedings

International Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington, D.C.)

Prime Meridian -- Congresses; Time -- Systems and standards -- Congresses

By the adoption of this system, the exact hours of time-reckoning,
although called by different names in the several sections for
every-day life, but specifically designated, if desired, for
scientific purposes, would be indicated at the same moment of time at
all points. The minutes and seconds would everywhere agree. The
absolute time of the occurrence of any event could, therefore, be
readily determined. The counting of the hour meridians should begin
where the day begins at the transition line.

It would then be one of the possibilities of the powers of electricity
that the pendulum of a single centrally located clock, beating
seconds, could regulate the local time-reckoning of every city on the
face of the earth.

_Table of Standards governing the Hour-Section System of
Time-reckoning._

======================================================================
Longitude |              HOUR MERIDIANS.                 |Simultaneous
  from    |----------------------------------------------|  hours in
Greenwich.|                                   |          | the several
          |Proposed names of sectional times. | Numbers. |  sections.
----------+-----------------------------------+----------+------------
_Degrees._|                                   |          |
----------|                                   |          |
180       |Transition time                    | 0 or 24th|12 midnight
165 west  |Alaskan                            | 1st......| 1 A. M.
150       |Hawaii                             | 2d ......| 2
135       |Sitka                              | 3d ......| 3
120       |Pacific  (Adopted in U.S. and Can.)| 4th......| 4
105       |Mountain                  "     "  | 5th......| 5
90        |Central (American) time   "     "  | 6th......| 6
75        |Eastern (or Coastwise)    "     "  | 7th......| 7
60        |La Plata                           | 8th......| 8
45        |Brazilian                          | 9th......| 9
30        |Central Atlantic                   |10th......|10
15        |West African                       |11th......|11
0         |Int'l or Unvs'l (Used in Gt. Brit.)|12th......|12 noon.
15 east   |Continental     (Used in Sweden.)  |13th......| 1 P. M.
30        |Bosporus                           |14th......| 2
45        |Caucasus                           |15th......| 3
60        |Ural                               |16th......| 4
75        |Bombay                             |17th......| 5
90        |Central Asian                      |18th......| 6
105       |Siam                               |19th......| 7
120       |East Asian                         |20th......| 8
135       |Japan                              |21st......| 9
150       |East Australian                    |22d.......|10
165       |New Caledonian                     |23d.......|11
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International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884.: Protocols of the Proceedings

International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884.: Protocols of the Proceedings

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