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A CONFERENCE of the First Commission (Soil Physics) of the International Society of Soil Science was held at the Centre de Recherches Agronomiques, Versailles, on July 2-5, under the presidency of Prof. G. W. Robinson, of Bangor. The programme, arranged in consultation with the French organising committee under the able direction of Dr. A. Demolon, included an official opening by the Minister of Agriculture, three paper-reading sessions with discussions, and a closing session. The communications and discussions covered the subjects of mechanical analysis and soil structure, moisture, colour and temperature. Resolutions embodying suggestions for future work were passed, and a committee was set up in association with the Society of Rheology to draw up a lexicon of terms used in soil physics in the principal European languages. In addition to the business programme, excursions were made to the College and Experiment Station at Grignon, sewage irrigation farms, and other objects of interest in the Seine valley. Entertainments were arranged, including a banquet at Saint Germain. At the conclusion of the Conference, the delegates made a short excursion in Alsace as guests of the Société Commerciale des Potasses dAlsace. This excursion included a visit to the State potash mines at Mulhouse, tours in the Vosges and in the Colmar-Strasbourg district, during which pal¦o-loess and other soil profiles were examined, and a visit to the historic laboratory of Jean Baptiste Boussingault at Liebfrauenberg.
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International Conference on Soil Physics. Nature 134, 354 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134354c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134354c0