Comments on: Question regarding 1884 International Meridian Conference held in Washington D.C. :? http://www.smdmeurope2008.com/international-conference/question-regarding-1884-international-meridian-conference-held-in-washington-d-c Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:40:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: weirina85 http://www.smdmeurope2008.com/international-conference/question-regarding-1884-international-meridian-conference-held-in-washington-d-c/comment-page-1#comment-4756 weirina85 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:06:59 +0000 http://www.smdmeurope2008.com/international-conference/question-regarding-1884-international-meridian-conference-held-in-washington-d-c#comment-4756 The link below provides everything you never wanted to know about the conference. Answer to question 2 is around major geographical features OR national boundaries that were close to, but not exactly at the meridian; a natural or political 'line' was a more logical dividing point that the completely artificial meridians.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/scans-meridian.html The link below provides everything you never wanted to know about the conference. Answer to question 2 is around major geographical features OR national boundaries that were close to, but not exactly at the meridian; a natural or political ‘line’ was a more logical dividing point that the completely artificial meridians.
References :
http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/scans-meridian.html

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