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REPORT 1893. 



Table I. 

 Ohms — continued. 



The resolutions adopted by the Committee at Edinburgh were com- 

 municafced to the Electrical Standards Committee of the Board of Trade. 

 After consideration the Board of Trade Committee drew up an amended 

 report, in harmony with the Edinburgh resolutions, for presentation to 

 the President (see Appendix I.). 



The resolutions were accepted at Edinburgh by Dr. von Helmholtz on 

 behalf of Germany, while in France an official committee decided last 

 June to adhere to the propositions of the Board of Trade. Austria and 

 Italy are connected by treaty with Germany for telegraph purposes, and 

 in consequence adopt the same units. 



The Committee have learnt with pleasure from Mr. W. H. Preece, 

 one of the English delegates to the International Congress of Electricians 

 at Chicago, that the Congress has accepted a series of resolutions defining 

 the fundamental units practically identical with the Edinburgh resolu- 

 tions. 



Thus these resolutions have now been accepted as a basis for legisla- 

 tion throughout the British Empire, the whole of Western Europe, and 

 the United States of America. 



The Committee are also informed that the Chicago Congress have 

 adopted the name ' Henry ' for the unit of self-induction ; while looking 

 with favour on this suggestion, they think it desirable to postpone definite 

 action until the ofiicial report of the Congress has been received. 



In March last M. Mascart wrote to the Secretary asking the opinion 

 of the Committee as to a name for the standard of resistance defined at 

 Edinburgh. A circular letter was issued inviting members of the Com- 

 mittee to express their views on four names which had been suggested, 

 viz.: 'International,' 'Normal,' ' Btalion,' or 'Ohm de 1893.' After 

 receiving replies to the circular from twelve members of the Committee, 

 the Secretary wrote to Professor Mascart to the efi'ect that the number 



