, 1879-02-01
dye-workS. Or In warehouses and ,,..N
colorcd Roods hare 10 be exarn,nei ~ Soa na *ha,
a NEW F1ykST MEnrn,,

L11fhh 7fInfs,
IL ID ndfn.stea ny gcorraplsers thattb. ,,
variety OF !" First Mcrldtans Ia extrrn.,eeca e'eca
barrass'ng and not conducive 10 accr..'a
Rood manT proposals have been mad, ~. !
for tic establishment u 4 common iIr,, ssea'!f
m for all countries; but, a. one nt0h, o'e'1s
tlicra fs 4 want Of agreement "A to .tt
should be chosen. Tie question VA, s.' u. ''as
At the last International Congress Of Gu ~
At Paris, md among the eousribu,ion,
subject "As pnpcr By y. nouthIIiler 4. y :. 1aa
mont, tresident af she Biographical soci.l,sa
OCCASION before the Auawerp HeoeranI,'rs.t9o t9ot1z
rress. where y wAs rerv. ti,oroughj, ds.nssoe ~
By competent GroRraphcfs. fThn n.sssahsd
However, did not receive more H"oosal,
Eressions OF ympathy and encoursr.m.el s.n a.
!" 2hoposs; T. y ~. Dc ssunon. aays
meridian as the initial one, Is not 10 sdy,aoo assoo
question: rather, It leayes Il IN statu nno "
would It be q happy solution to tats - aW
meridian Of Fcrro, abandoned By The ebi.t * 10y at
tttme nations and presenting peculiar dnisni n.y.
Of 1879 Jerusalem was proposed, 4 n,o.as, aess
more cscdttable to the heart than Tia rvps9 h.e3
the Professor. Now N. do pesu,n",t aa 20
"Does there exist and can We find MAIN stA
which, By Its position on tho easth, Is guf|s.s.
y determ!nel to be taken rs the initisI iI..M. nM
vitlual charactcrl" In reply hc dr.s,' ,'s 'oet
| ten,ton 10 the meridian passing tS4 tsr.,.tt T.
Behring's Straits. "a astisiyug oesss,
any ether sis demnna. II I, 'S@ W.
tic 150th meridian west Of tie 1ssnd y,
Ferro, or 80 deg. E., or 10 deg. F., Of p.ns ~ y
| meridian, n. do Beaumont mainttIn. e,,N
| very easily connected With works based on ~
| principal mcridlans of ferro, Paris, Grecn,ts
etc. II touches The extremity Of lie Am.,.at
Continent II Cape Prlnte Of Wales; tra,.1.' tu,,s,'
on the onu hand, ths whotc length Of tho FL.
Without touching ans lAMl, ami, on he oth,t ~ ~
| Europe. through its centre, from De tone; =,
| Epttzbcrren, passing Copenhagen, ltn,Ss S
Venice, aI,l Rome: tiicn cuts the African inn.i1
ncnt from Trlp0lo to Cape Frfo, nbout ii h.
S.lat. n. dc Beaumont urges several adyansst.
IN behalf of this new tncriltnn. II would ~
Europe into east and weat, thus s,,ts
emphasis to Z division which hu ks
aents about the largest possible teyrs!nr,,' X,
arc. from 70 deg. N. to IL deg. 8. lat., oj jtgr
altogether thus giving to seisnec the lo1e,a
continuous limo of land as basis for asIIone,s
teal. gcodcttc, md meteorological obsefYsti,n.
ntltl other important scientific rcscasrhcs, P,n
ing as It would through great number Of s,ua
| It would become a really international me,Ia51
As each nAtlotl might cstabls., a ststion Or os
Bervaeury on tho line Of It's ct1rumfcrencr, Susl
d meridian n. de- beaumont proposes to call ~
dtator, on tho Analogy OF cGuator. This pfops
tho eminent French guoCraplleE. n. Z. Cortaa.
bert, and has received considerable auppo,ttrn
other Continental EcoRraphcrs. Whc'her Nda
| Bcausnout'6 particular proposal be geucral, 5.
ecpted or not, there can be no tituht Of The d.
vantage OF having sOmo common nernaAosd
arrangement IS to common meridian lot r.
graphical purposes at least.