ELECTRICAL STANDARDS.


_Nature_ states that the Queen's Printers are now issuing the Report
(dated July 23, 1891) to the President of the Board of Trade, of the
Committee appointed to consider the question of constructing standards
for the measurement of electricity. The committee included Mr.
Courtenay Boyle, C.B., Major P. Cardew, R.E., Mr. E. Graves, Mr. W.H.
Preece, F.R.S., Sir W. Thomson, F.R.S., Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., Prof.
G. Carey Foster, F.R.S., Mr. R.T. Glazebrook, F.R. S., Dr. John
Hopkinson, F.R.S., Prof. W.E. Ayrton, F.R.S.

In response to an invitation, the following gentlemen attended and
gave evidence: On behalf of the Association of Chambers of Commerce,
Mr. Thomas Parker and Mr. Hugh Erat Harrison; on behalf of the London
Council, Prof. Silvanus Thompson; on behalf of the London Chamber of
Commerce, Mr. R. E. Crompton. The Committee were indebted to Dr. J.A.
Fleming and Dr. A. Muirhead for valuable information and assistance;
and they state that they had the advantage of the experience and
advice of Mr. H. J. Chaney, the Superintendent of Weights and
Measures. The Secretary to the Committee was Sir T.W. P. Blomefield,
Bart.

The following are the resolutions of the Committee:


_Resolutions._

(1) That it is desirable that new denominations of standards for the