nd the same with the longitude of the place.

The advantages of such a system of reckoning and nomenclature, as
suggested in the recommendations which I now submit, will be, I think,
self-evident.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REGULATION OF TIME AND THE RECKONING
OF LONGITUDE

1. _That a system of universal time be established, with the
view of facilitating synchronous scientific observations,
for chronological reckonings, for the purpose of trade and
commerce by sea and land, and for all such uses to which it
is applicable._

2. _That the system be established for the common observance
of all peoples, and of such a character that it may be
adopted by each separate community, as may be found
expedient._

3. _That the system be based on the principle that for all
terrestrial time reckonings there be one recognized unit of
measurement only, and that all measured intervals of time be
directly related to the one unit measure._

4. _That the unit measure be the period occupied by the
diurnal revolution of the earth, defined by the mean solar
passage at the meridian twelve hours from the Prime Meridian
established through Greenwich._

5. _That the unit measure defined as above be held to be a
day absolute, and designated a Cosmic Day._

6. _That such Cosmic Day be held as the chronological date
of the earth, changing with the mean solar passage at the
anti-meridian of Greenwich._

7. _That all divisions and multiples of the Cosmic Day be
known as Cosmic Time._

8. _That the Cosmic Day be divided into hours, numbered in a
single series, one to twenty-four, (1 to 24,) and that the
hours be subdivided, as ordinary hours, into minutes and
seconds. Note.--As an alternative means of distinguishing
the cosmic hours from the hours in local reckonings, they
may be denoted by the letters of the alphabet, which,
omitting I and V, are twenty-four in number._

9. _That until Cosmic Time be admitted as the recognized
means of reckoning in the ordinary affairs of life, it is
advisable to assimilate the system to present usages and to
provide for the easy translation of local reckonings into
Cosmic Time, and vice versa; that, therefore, in theory, and
as closely as possible in practice, local reckonings be
based on a known interval i