 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1810 - 874 pages
...probability never will take place ; the committee are of opinion, that, situated as we are in this westem hemisphere, more than three thousand miles from any...meridian, it would be proper, in a national point 01' riew, to establish a first meridian for ourselves ; and that measures should be taken for the eventual... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - District of Columbia - 1816 - 230 pages
...and that proper instruments should be procured. This Committee observed, " that situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand...view, to establish a first meridian for ourselves; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 1827 - 262 pages
...and, in all probability, never will take place, the committee are of opinion, that, situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand...to establish a first meridian for ourselves ; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States.... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 1834 - 230 pages
...and, in all probability, never will take place, the committee are of opinion, that, situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand...view, to establish a first meridian for ourselves; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States.... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1811 - 650 pages
...terms: "That, situated as we are in the West' ern hemisphere, more than three thousand miles distant from any fixed or known meridian, it would be proper,...to establish a first meridian for ourselves ; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1853 - 726 pages
...that, situated aa we are in this Western hemisphere, more than thrw MARCH, 1810. Gunboats. H. opR. thousand miles from any fixed or known meridian, it...to establish a first meridian for ourselves ; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States.... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1857 - 840 pages
...that, situated as we are in this Western hemisphere, more than three thousand miles from any fiied or known meridian, it would be proper, in a national...to establish a first meridian for ourselves ; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States.... | |
 | United States National Museum - Science - 1917 - 206 pages
...and that proper instruments should be procured. This committee observed, " that situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand...to establish a first meridian for ourselves ; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States;... | |
 | United States National Museum - Science - 1917 - 106 pages
...and that proper instruments should be procured. This committee observed, " that situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand...to establish a first meridian for ourselves ; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States... | |
 | Andreas Daum, Christof Mauch - History - 2005 - 348 pages
...committee: "Situated as we are, in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand miles distant from any fixed or known meridian, it would be proper,...view, to establish a first meridian for ourselves"; it was added that "no place, perhaps, is more proper than the seat of government."9 In 1812, Secretary... | |
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... that, situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand miles from any fixed or known meridian, it would be proper, in a national point of view, to establish a first meridian for ourselves; and that measures should be taken for... 