Excerpt from Reports of the Committee on Electrical Standards Appointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1873
The Committee have arrived at a provisional conclusion as to the first ques tion and the arguments by which they have been guided in coming to this decision will form the chief subject of the present Report.
They have formed no opinion as to the second question, viz. The best form and material for the standard.
In determining what would be the most convenient unit for all purposes, both practical and purely scientific, the Committee were of opinion that the unit chosen should combine, as far as was possible, the five following qualifies.
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