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D.C.) International Meridian Conference (1884 : Washington
A landmark record of the 1884 meeting that helped set the world’s prime meridian and standardize global timekeeping. Its pages capture a moment when diplomacy, astronomy, and everyday life were being brought onto one shared clock.
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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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Published as the official proceedings of the 1884 gathering in Washington, this work documents the International Meridian Conference, where delegates from many nations debated how longitude and time should be measured around the world.
Rather than a single personal author, it represents the collective voice of an international meeting convened to choose a common prime meridian. The conference is best remembered for the decision that established Greenwich as the reference meridian for international use, making the volume an important primary source for the history of navigation, cartography, and timekeeping.
Readers who enjoy historical documents will find it especially interesting for the way it preserves formal arguments, votes, and diplomatic language from a turning point in global coordination.