Time Zones

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Across
  1. 2. reason
  2. 5. based on the Latin word for "first"
  3. 7. the city in England that had the most ships coming and going in the 1800's
  4. 8. a section of longitude that is equivalent to 1/24th of the distance around the earth
  5. 9. an agreed upon way of doing things
  6. 11. lines of longitude that extend from pole to pole
  7. 12. the first railroad to connect the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean
  8. 13. suggetion
  9. 16. the astronomical observatory that gathered the most accurate information on earth in the 1800's
Down
  1. 1. the international meeting that occurred in 1884 to discuss an agreement for telling time
  2. 3. telling time
  3. 4. the line of longitude that passes through England
  4. 6. most important meridian from where the time zone system is calculated
  5. 10. agreement
  6. 14. at the highest point
  7. 15. important center