Before the Prime Meridian Conference of 1884, almost every country in the world had some method of time recognition and a local prime meridian, which was in operation. Most people calculated time based upon the sun. Some communities used instruments to observe the suns zenith at noon. And with the development of the pendulum clock, in the 17th century, the observance of time was sufficiently accurate and was used at sea to determine longitudes in the 18th century. As travel improved, and forms of transportation, modernized in the 1850s and 1860s, in America, and, other developed countries, it became increasingly evident that unless a unified time-keeping system was invented the world would plunge into utter chaos and confusion over time.
Prime Meridian The prime meridian then is a line of longitude which is defined as 0 degrees. The opposite of the prime meridian, is the 180 degrees longitude, which forms a great circle around the earth in a 360 degrees system. This circle divides the earth into two, which we know as the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The International Date Line is an imaginary line that runs roughly following the 180° longitude through the middle of the Pacific Ocean but deviates to pass …show more content…
133:1; John 17:23). Paul stresses the need for unity in diversity, which is similar to the unity that governs the human body (1 Cor. 12:12; cf. Eph. 1:10; 4:1, 3, 13; Phil. 4:1; Col. 3:14, etc.). The lack, thereof, is prelude to confusion. Such was the experience in Fiji before 1879. Prior to this time, the I.D.L. ran through the island of Taveuni (see picture below) leaving the southern part of the island and the Lau group on a different time schedule to the rest of the Fiji Islands. As a result, some of the early European farmers exploited their local Fijian labourers by expecting them to work seven days a week by
Prime Meridian The prime meridian then is a line of longitude which is defined as 0 degrees. The opposite of the prime meridian, is the 180 degrees longitude, which forms a great circle around the earth in a 360 degrees system. This circle divides the earth into two, which we know as the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The International Date Line is an imaginary line that runs roughly following the 180° longitude through the middle of the Pacific Ocean but deviates to pass …show more content…
133:1; John 17:23). Paul stresses the need for unity in diversity, which is similar to the unity that governs the human body (1 Cor. 12:12; cf. Eph. 1:10; 4:1, 3, 13; Phil. 4:1; Col. 3:14, etc.). The lack, thereof, is prelude to confusion. Such was the experience in Fiji before 1879. Prior to this time, the I.D.L. ran through the island of Taveuni (see picture below) leaving the southern part of the island and the Lau group on a different time schedule to the rest of the Fiji Islands. As a result, some of the early European farmers exploited their local Fijian labourers by expecting them to work seven days a week by