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D.C.) International Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington
A landmark international gathering in Washington, D.C., this 1884 conference brought delegates together to settle one of the modern world’s biggest practical questions: where to place the prime meridian and how to standardize global time. Its published proceedings preserve the debate that helped shape the system of longitude and timekeeping still recognized today.
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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
by D.C.) International Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington
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This is not a personal author but a corporate author: the International Meridian Conference held in Washington, D.C., in October 1884. The conference is best known for addressing the choice of a common prime meridian and a universal day, bringing together delegates from many nations to discuss standards for navigation, mapping, and timekeeping.
The work commonly credited to this author is the official proceedings of the meeting, published as International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884: Protocols of the Proceedings. Rather than offering a single writer’s voice, the book records discussions, proposals, and decisions from the delegates themselves.
For readers interested in the history of science, geography, or global coordination, these proceedings offer a direct window into a moment when international agreement helped organize how the world measures place and time.