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<p>The <b>International Meridian Conference</b> was a conference held in October 1884 in <a href="page.php?w=Washington%2C_D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, in the <a href="page.php?w=United_States">United States</a>, to determine a <a href="page.php?w=prime_meridian">prime meridian</a> for international use.  The conference was held at the request of <a href="page.php?w=President_of_the_United_States">U.S. President</a> <a href="page.php?w=Chester_A._Arthur">Chester A. Arthur</a>. The subject to discuss was the choice of "a meridian to be employed as</p><p>
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