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THE meeting which began in London on Tuesday, September 21, and ended in Cambridge on September 30, has been notable in several respects. Great Britain joined the International Geodetic Association only twelve years ago. The triennial meeting has been held this year for the first time in England, and for the first time Greater Britain has been represented by special delegates from the Governments of India, Australia, and Canada; Chili has become a member of the association and sent a representative; and the Egyptian Government has been represented by one of the British officers of the Survey Department. The London meeting marks, then, a broadening of the interests of the association on the political and administrative side; on the scientific side it has been remarkable for the extremely interesting reports upon the special problems of the internal constitution of the earth and the lunar earth-tides.
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The Meeting of the International Geodetic Association in London and Cambridge . Nature 81, 426–428 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081426b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/081426b0