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IN 1895 the late Dr. Rebeur-Paschwitz proposed, with the approval of Prof. Milne and other seismologists, to form an international seismological union. Although, unfortunately, he did not live to carry the project into execution, the microseismic survey of the world has since then been actively pushed on by Prof. Milne, the observatories using the Milne horizontal pendulums now numbering about forty. Meanwhile, the project of Rebeur-Paschwitz was taken up by Prof. Gerland, and, thanks to his active exertions, the first international seismological conference was finally held at Strassburg on April 11–13. The total number of the members who attended the conference was thirty-five, as follows:—Austria-Hungary (Prof. Belar, Prof. Exner, Prof. von Kövesligethy, Hofrath Konkoly, Prof. Láska, Prof. Schafarzik); Belgium (Prof. Langrange); Denmark (Lieutenant-Colonel Harboe); Germany (Dr. Ebell, Dr. Ehrismann, Prof. Futterer, Prof. Gerland, Prof. Günther, Dr. Hecker, Prof. Helmert, Herr Jaehnike, Prof. Kobold, Geheimrath Lewald, Prof. Leutz, Prof. Rudolph, Dr. Polis, Prof. Schmidt, Dr. Schütt, Prof. Straubel, Dr. Tetens, Prof. Wagner, Prof. Weigand, Prof. Wiechert); Italy (Dr. Oddone); Japan (Dr. Omori); Russia (General Pomerantzeff, Prof. Lewitzky, Dr. Wosnesjenskij); Switzerland (Prof. Forel, Prof. Riggenbach). Among these thirty-five members there were sixteen official delegates for the different States, as follows:—Ausiria-Hungary, 1; Belgium, 1; Germany, 9; Japan, 1; Russia, 2; Swiizerland, 2.
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OMORI, F. The International Seismological Conference at Strassburg . Nature 64, 340–341 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064340a0
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