 | 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... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 1827 - 262 pages
...this has not been, done, and, in all probability, never will take place, the committee are of opinion, that, situated as we are in this western hemisphere,...establishment of such a meridian in the United States. In examining the maps and charts of the United States, and the particular states, or their sea coasts,... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 1834 - 230 pages
...this has not been done, and, in all probability, never will take place, the committee are of opinion, that, situated as we are in this western hemisphere,...establishment of such a meridian in the United States. " In examining the maps and charts of the United States, and the particular states, or their sea-coasts,... | |
 | 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,...establishment of such a meridian in the United States ;" and aUo " that no place, perhaps, is more proper than the seat of Government." The Secretary of... | |
 | Charles Henry Davis - Longitude - 1849 - 48 pages
...expressed a clear and decided opinion. " Situated as we are," says the committee on Lambert's memorial, " in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand...to establish a first meridian for ourselves ; and measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States. In... | |
 | 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...establishment of such a meridian in the United States. In examining the maps and charts of the United States, and the particular States, or their seacoasts,... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1857 - 840 pages
...this has not been done, 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 miles from any fiied or known meridian, it would be proper, in a national point of view, to establish a first meridian... | |
 | Andreas Daum, Christof Mauch - History - 2005 - 348 pages
...such a meridian. That argument was favorably reported on the next year by a congressional 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, in a national point of view, to establish... | |
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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... 