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ACCORDING to the terms of its charier from Congress, the National Academy of Sciences must hold its annual meeting in April, at Washington. It holds also a semi-annual meeting in the autumn. Its membership has been very slowly increasing, till now it numbers nearly, if not quite, 100. At the last meeting, April 17-20, Prof. Henry presided. The Academy resolved to present a memorial to Congress, in favour of the establishment and maintenance of an International Bureau of Weights and Measures with the object of promoting permanence, precision, and uniformity in the standards, by the joint action of the leading powers of the world, according to the convention submitted to the Senate.
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U.S. National Academy of Sciences . Nature 16, 148–151 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016148a0
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