On 2008-04-08, Steve Allen posted an interesting NY Times article of 1882-01-17 on International Time.
The article states that the Third International Geographical Congress (TIGC) of 1881-09 was held in Vienna. This is incorrect: that congress convened not in Vienna but in Venice (which arguably is nicer in September anyway). See for instance [Derek Howse: "Greenwich Time and the Longitude". pages 130..131 in the 1997 edition]. Michael Deckers _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
