Remarks Upon the Establishment of an American Prime Meridian (Classic Reprint)

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As the best mode of presenting the question fully, of suggesting the scientific and practical considera tions it involves, and thus of inviting the most full and free expression of the views and reflections of the members of the Association, I read a paper before the Association, the same in substance as my letter to the honorable Secretary, which was referred to a com mittee consisting of twenty-two members, from vari ous parts of the country. A second paper, opposed to my own, was read by Professor Holton, which was likewise referred to the same committee. It is well known that a memorial has been gotten up in Boston, New York, and elsewhere, under the influence and direction of Mr. J. Ingersoll Bowditch and Mr. George W. Blunt, adverse to the adoption of an American prime meridian, and recommending, there fore, that we should not publish an American Nau tical Almanac, but that we should publish a British Nautical Almanac in this country. Several of the letters of the committee recommend, without discrim ination, the same thing.

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