PRIME MERIDIAN

meridian that is designated zero degree (0°) longitude, from which all other longitudes are measured. By international convention, it passes through the original site of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England; for this reason, it is sometimes called the Greenwich meridian. Universal time, the standard basis for determining time throughout the world, is civil time measured at the prime meridian.

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books on: Prime Meridian  - 5616 results

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Plotting the Globe: Stories of Meridians, Parallels, and the International Date Line
Book by Avraham Ariel, Nora Ariel Berger; Praeger, 2006
Subjects: International Date Line, Longitude--Prime Meridian
...paper) 1. Meridians (Geodesy) 2. Prime Meridian. 3. International Date Line...Long Is One Meter? 65 II The Prime Meridian 4 From Hipparchus to Pulkovo 81 5 Greenwich The Ultimate Prime Meridian 89 6 Greenwich Goes International...
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British Prime Ministers of the Nineteenth Century
Book by Joseph Hendershot Park; New York University Press, 1950
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--19th Century, Prime Ministers--Great Britain
...pilgrimage; scarce less a guide, and quite as much a guardian, in the cloud of his evening darkness, as in the brightness of his meridian day. That such a loss, and the recollections and reflections naturally arising from it, must have had a tendency to revive...
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Columbia Workshop Plays: Fourteen Radio Dramas
Includes: A Trip to Czardis; Meridian 7-1212; Never Come Monday; They Fly through the Air; Seven Waves Away; The Ghost of Benjamin Sweet; A Drink of Water; Forgot in the Rains; Cartwheel; Man with a Gun; Nine Prisoners; Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent; The Half Pint Flask; The Fall of the City
Book by Douglas Coulter; Whittlesey House, 1939
Subjects: American Drama--20th Century, Drama, Radio Plays
...Buzz of conversation . FIRST MAN: The Prime Minister must do something about this...CARRINGTON-SMAITHE: Gentlemen, the Prime Minister is thoroughly acquainted with...this way. ALL: Thank you. Thank you. PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, gentlemen. ALL...
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The Boundary Hunters: Surveying the 141st Meridian and the Alaska Panhandle
Book by Lewis Green; University of British Columbia Press, 1982
Subjects: Alaska--Boundaries--Canada, Canada--Boundaries--Alaska, Surveying--Alaska--History, Surveying--British Columbia--History, Surveying--Yukon Territory--History
...Boundary Hunters Surveying the 141st Meridian and the Alaska Panhandle LEWIS...Boundary Hunters Surveying the 141st Meridian and the Alaska Panhandle The University...and the United States Mark the 141st Meridian 1869-96 7...
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A Captain at Fifteen; The Dark Continent; Measuring a Meridian
Book by Charles F. Horne, Jules Verne; Vincent Parke, 1911
Subjects: Fiction
...upon him," rejoined Captain Hull; "they have taught him the prime lesson that he has his own way to make in the world." The...would hot lose a moment in getting his ship under sail. His prime object was to land his passengers safely at Valparaiso or...
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journal articles on: Prime Meridian  - 154 results

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Effects of Prime-target Spatial Separation and Attentional Deployment on Masked Repetition Priming
Journal article by Yousri Marzouki, Martijn Meeter, Jonathan Grainger; Perception and Psychophysics, Vol. 70, 2008
Subjects: Eye movements, Eyes & eyesight, Feature extraction, Letters, Parallel processing, Sensory perception
...Experiment 1A) or only prime stimuli (Experiments...along the horizontal meridian. Reaction times...by a pseudoletter. Prime and target stimuli...along the horizontal meridian: 27 (extreme left...along the horizontal meridian (see Figure 3). Three...this experiment: prime eccentricity (22...
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Effects of Prime and Target Eccentricity on Masked Repetition Priming
Journal article by Yousri Marzouki, Jonathan Grainger; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Vol. 15, 2008
Subjects: Eye movements, Psychology, Studies
...repetition factor. The prime and target stimuli...along the horizontal meridian spanning the central...Experiment 1A) or only prime stimuli (Experiments...along the horizontal meridian. Figure 4 summarizes...along the horizontal meridian. These priming effects...attention to the prime location. However...
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Missing in Action: "Framing" Race on Prime-Time Television
Journal article by Meera E. Deo, Jenny J. Lee, Christina B. Chin, Noriko Milman, Nancy Wang Yuen; Social Justice, Vol. 35, 2008
Subjects: Ethnic groups--Portrayals, Racism--Analysis, Stereotype (Psychology)--Analysis, Stereotypes (Psychology)--Analysis, Television programs--Criticism and interpretation, Television programs--Influence
...American and Japanese American Literature. New York, NY: A Meridian Book. Chin, Christina, Meera E. Deo, Jenny J. Lee, Noriko Milman, and Nancy Wang Yuen 2006 "Asian Pacific Americans in Prime Time: Setting the Stage." Washington, D.C.: Asian American...
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Geodesic Discrete Global Grid Systems
Journal article by Kevin Sahr, Denis White, A. Jon Kimerling; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 30, 2003
Subjects: Geographic information systems--Models, Grids (Cartography)--Comparative method, Grids (Cartography)--Models
...and at the intersection of the prime meridian and the equator, aligning its...octants formed by the equator and prime meridian. Given a point in geographic coordinates...octants formed by the equator and prime meridian. Wickman et al. (1974) oriented...
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Predicting Data Loss and Duplication When Resampling from Equal-Angle Grids
Journal article by A. Jon Kimerling; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 29, 2002
Subjects: Raster graphics--Research, Topographic maps--Research
...symmetric about the equator and prime meridian. This paper builds on previous...studied here are the equator and prime meridian, a scale of 1:36,489,116 and a...symmetric about both the equator and prime meridian. FIGURE 6 OMITTED This DLDM...
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magazine articles on: Prime Meridian  - 98 results

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Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time along the Prime Meridian
Magazine article; Science News, Vol. 169, June 17, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian (Book)--Book reviews
...Cosmic Space and Time along the Prime Meridian. WALKING ZERO: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time along the Prime Meridian CHET RAYMO In 1884, the marking of the prime meridian--that invisible north-south line...
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Prime Time at Greenwich
Magazine article by Tony Aldous; History Today, Vol. 49, September 1999
Subjects: Greenwich, England--History, Millennium--Rites and ceremonies
Prime Time at Greenwich by Tony Aldous GREENWICH, WITH ITS PRIME MERIDIAN AND ITS Millennium Dome, is the focus of world attention as never before. At the moment eyes are mostly on the Dome, which is not...
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VoWiFi Vanguards: Blazing the Trail; Is Voice over WLAN Ready for Prime Time? at These Enterprises, It's Getting There
Magazine article by Lisa Phifer; Business Communications Review, Vol. 35, November 2005
Subjects: VoIP (Network protocol)--Forecasts and trends, VoIP (Network protocol)--Usage, VoIP (Network protocols)--Forecasts and trends, VoIP (Network protocols)--Usage, Wi-Fi--Forecasts and trends, Wi-Fi--Usage, Wireless LANs--Forecasts and trends, Wireless LANs--Usage, Wireless local area networks (Computer networks)--Forecasts and trends, Wireless local area networks (Computer networks)--Usage
...Telephony Gateways, interfaced with a Nortel Meridian 1 Option 81 PBX. Nurse call system integration...and a NetLink SVP server. MTCCs Nortel Meridian 1 Option 61c PBX interfaces to the PSTN...calls are handled by the hospitals Nortel Meridian 1 Option 81. According to Popov, this...
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Cartographers May View London as the Centre of the World, but the Millennium Organisers Might Not Find It So Easy to Put Greenwich on the Map
Magazine article by Paul Barker; New Statesman, Vol. 126, May 23, 1997
Subjects: Meridian lines--Analysis, Peters, Arno--Practice
...Britain, it is now usually called the prime meridian. But long after the collapse of empire...than tradition for retaining this zero meridian." As a thoroughgoing postcolonialist...mercies. At least Peters didnt shift the prime line to Berlin.
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The Story of a Thousand Years: Where to Start?
Magazine article by Lisa Jardine; New Statesman, Vol. 127, January 30, 1998
Subjects: History--Analysis, Two thousand, A.D.--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...Airys Greenwich meridian would be adopted as the "Prime Meridian" for the entire world, from which time could accurately...commerce depended on sea-charts that used Greenwich as Prime Meridian. Airys meridian stands as a historical landmark to...
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newspaper articles on: Prime Meridian  - 79 results

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With Record Earnings, Meridian in Good Health
Newspaper article by Kristina Stefanova; The Washington Times, August 21, 2000
Subjects: Meridian Medical Technologies Inc., Surgical equipment and supplies industry
...smaller division of Meridian, the Cardiopulmonary...heart attacks, called Prime. "We believe this...it commercializes Prime and begins drug research...researched it since Meridian began production...found that by using Meridians Prime system instead of...
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Meridian Breaks into City's High Five
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), May 22, 2008
Subjects: Hotels and motels--United Kingdom, Hotels and motels--United States, Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, Towers, Towers (Structures)
...this year. The development, which began a year ago, occupies a prime site - formerly the regional headquarters of Axa Insurance...Davids 2 complex, which is scheduled to open late next year. Meridian Gate was built by Miller Construction, whose area director...
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Pounds 40m Office-Flat Plan Unveiled for Prime Site
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 11, 2004
...40m development has been unveiled for a prime site in Cardiff city centre. South Wales...headquarters building of Axa Insurance, called Meridian Gate, and its replacement with an impressive...high-rise residential accommodation. Such a prime location requires a high standard of both...
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Three Prime Properties Sited at Binley Business Park; Commercial Property
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), July 14, 2008
Subjects: Business parks, Commercial buildings, Coventry Building Society, Mortgage banks
...Commercial property consultants by D P Holt are marketing three prime properties at the Binley Business Park and have just agreed...of space with 3,727 sq ft on both floors. Another building, Meridian House, is currently under offer. The unit is a detached two-storey...
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Somerset House Deadlock Calls for Lord Hollick; A Taxing Dilemma: Lord Hollick and the Israeli Property Developer Alfred Akirov
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 22, 2008
Subjects: Meridian Broadcasting--Taxation, Real estate developers--Taxation, Taxation
...thatits thought the final decision will now be taken by the Prime Minister, ratherthan by Culture Secretary James Purnell. Now...forward New Labourcheerleader Lord Hollick, former boss of Meridian Broadcasting and proprietorof the Daily Express, who has been...
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encyclopedia articles on: Prime Meridian  - 8 results

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Prime Meridian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PRIME MERIDIAN meridian that is designated zero degree (0 ) longitude, from which...determining time throughout the world, is civil time measured at the prime meridian. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Greenwich Meridian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GREENWICH MERIDIAN see prime meridian . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Greenwich Mean Time
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...England, which is located on the prime meridian . In 1925 the numbering system...equivalent to civil time at the prime meridian, and in 1928 the International...of the standard time of the prime meridian to universal time (UT), which...
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Universal Time
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...solar time along the earths prime meridian (renumbered to equate to civil...under international agreement, the prime meridian was established as running through...designation of the standard time of the prime meridian to universal time. In 1955 the...
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Longitude
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...latitude line such as the equator east or west of the prime meridian . A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line on...Observatory at Greenwich, England, is designated the prime meridian, and all points along it are at 0 longitude. All...
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