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RefNoCD/34/4
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Walter J. Howell, the Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, London, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Date1 August 1907
DescriptionInforms the Royal Society that the Board of Trade have received, through the Foreign Office, a communication from His Majesty's Representative at Paris enclosing a note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, suggesting that the International Conference on Electrical Units and Standards be postponed until the end of 1908. Notes that the Board of Trade have told the Foreign Office to agree. Also notes that because of this, the appointment of a Committee to arrange the Conference will be deferred for the present.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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