Time Zones

2. reason
5. based on the Latin word for "first"
7. the city in England that had the most ships coming and going in the 1800's
8. a section of longitude that is equivalent to 1/24th of the distance around the earth
9. an agreed upon way of doing things
11. lines of longitude that extend from pole to pole
12. the first railroad to connect the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean
13. suggetion
16. the astronomical observatory that gathered the most accurate information on earth in the 1800's

1. the international meeting that occurred in 1884 to discuss an agreement for telling time
3. telling time
4. the line of longitude that passes through England
6. most important meridian from where the time zone system is calculated
10. agreement
14. at the highest point
15. important center