Terrestrial magnetism and electricity at the Rome meeting, May, 1922

The second triennial meetings of the International Astronomical Union and of the International Geodetic and Geophysical Union, established at Brussels in 1919 under the auspices of the International Research Council, were held at Rome, May 2 to 10, 1922, in the quarters of the Accademia de Lyncei, at the Palazzo Corsini. Some three hundred delegates and guests attended these highly successful gatherings. After preliminary general sessions of the Unions, the various sections and committees had separate meetings, and at the conclusion general sessions again were held on May 10 for the transaction of matters pertaining to the entire unions. While there were some decided advantages of having the two unions meet at the same time and in the same place, many of the representatives, because of the necessary overlapping of sessions, could generally attend only the section or committee in which they were specifically interested. The only time when general intercourse became usually possible was at the social events, provision for which had been abundantly made by the National Committee of Italy. It was considered, however, that the experiment might be tried of having in future separate meetings of the two unions. Accordingly, the next meeting of the International Astronomical Union will be held at Cambridge, England, in 1925, and that of the International Geodetic and Geophysical Union at Madrid, Spain, in 1924—probably during September.