INTERNATIONAL METRIC COMMISSION AT PARIS

Abstract

THE Permanent Committee of the International Metric Commission, elected from among the members at their general meeting at Paris, in 1872, has just concluded a series of meetings, the first of which was held on October 6. The Committee were directed to meet at least once a year, in order, amongst other things, to examine the progress of the work of the French Section, to whom the construction of the new standards was entrusted, with a view to the concurrence of the Committee as the executive organ of the Commission.