Abstract of Proceedings of Stated Meeting held Wednesday, April 4, 1923

✍ Scribed by R.B. Owens

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1923
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 79 KB
• Volume: 195
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(23)90160-2

✦ Synopsis

The practical application of the exact sciences to the needs of industry must accompany development in science. It is for this that The Franklin Institute stands. In this instance we see the application of several researches of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

The encouragement of such developments by these awards of your Institute is very valuable. They benefit industry, they give added zest to the researches of the scientist, and they reward the medium of the application of these researches to industry. On behalf of the Soci&i: Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique, I thank you." The paper of the evening on " The Cathode-ray Oscillograph and Its Application to the Exact Measurement of Explosion Pressures, Potential Changes in Vacuum Tubes, and Magnetos " was then presented by D.