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A FTER some preliminary historical matter Dr. Janssen proceeded:—The question as to which of all the meridians encircling the earth ought to serve as the starting line in the general numeration of the longitudes, is the question known as that of the prime meridian—a famous question oftentimes taken in hand, never definitively settled, and which the Congress of Washington was charged to decide. Such was at least its intention.
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The Universal Meridian 1 . Nature 32, 148–151 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/032148a0
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