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In which year did Adams attend the International Meridian Conference as a delegate for Britain?

  • 1880

  • 1890

  • 1884

  • 1859

Answer

Adams represented Britain as a delegate at the International Meridian Conference held in 1884, where the adoption of a standardized prime meridian was discussed. This significant gathering sought to resolve confusion in longitude calculations, leading to the widespread acceptance of the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as the global standard.
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