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IN continuation of the notices of the proceedings of this Scientific Commission (see NATURE, vol. vii. p. 237), it may now be stated that the French Section have been engaged during the present year in the work of the Commission entrusted to them, and have continued their sittings up to the present time. It appears from the printed “Procès Verbaux” that their attention has been principally directed to the further investigations and experiments required for the melting and casting of the large mass of alloy of platinum and iridium, determined upon as the material of all the new standards, with the view of obtaining a homogeneous ingot of these two metals in the proper proportions. This preliminary work is now so far completed that the twelve members of the Commission elected as the Permanent Committee, have been summoned to meet at Paris on October 1, to consult upon the subject with the French Section, and more particularly to discuss and decide the following points:—
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CHISHOLM, H. The International Metric Commission at Paris . Nature 8, 403–404 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008403a0
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