The International Meridian Conference meeting in Washington, D.C.

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22 Eki 1884

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Olay

Koordinatlar

38.90° N, 77.04° W

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The International Meridian Conference meeting in Washington, D.C., adopts the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian (voted on 13 October).

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The International Meridian Conference meeting in Washington, D.C., adopts the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian (voted on 13 October)

1884 conference in Washington, D.C., United States

The International Meridian Conference was a conference held in October 1884 in Washington, D.C., in the United States, to determine a prime meridian for international use. The conference was held at the request of U.S. president Chester A. Arthur. The subject to discuss was the choice of "a meridian to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the world".

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “la Conférence internationale de Washington officialise la division de la Terre en 24 fuseaux horaires et désigne le méridien de Greenwich comme origine des…” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “en Washington (Estados Unidos), la Conferencia Internacional del Meridiano establece para uso internacional que el meridiano 0° es el de Greenwich” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “国際子午線会議にてグリニッジ子午線を本初子午線と決定” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası