The Prime Meridian Conference

Abstract

THE greatly extended and ever increasing intercourse, both commercial and scientific, which has grown up between different nations in modern times has naturally caused especial attention to be drawn to the question of assimilation of the different systems of reckoning employed. Weights and measures and money have been already dealt with more or less successfully, but always with steady advance in the direction of unification. More recently, and in like manner because of practical difficulties and inconveniences, unification of the methods of counting longitude and time has in its turn become a question pressing for solution by the establishment of some international agreement in regard to all matters relating thereto.