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Then from 5.00 to 5.20 Mr. Schermerhorn (Netherlands) gave his opinion 
on the Pennington project. This opinion had been printed and will also be | 
published in the archives. 
At 5.20 Mr. Thompson (England) wished, following the communication Y 
of 
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REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISSION II mo 
sec 
The general program of the VII International Congress at Washington 
allotted three technical sessions to Commission II on the following dates and sal 
times: pre 
4 September 1952 from 3.20 to 5.10 pm the 
6 September 1952 from 3.10 to 5.10 pm no 
9 September 1952 from 3.20 to 5.00 pm ma 
Also a final session of one hour was reserved on 12 September at 1.15 pm for on 
drawing up resolutions to be presented to the Council and Officers of the ex 
International Society. co 
On the request of the President of Commission II it was decided, in the 
first session, that all the communications listed in the program for each session Pr 
would be presented without interruption and that the discussions would take St 
place afterwards on all the communications. 
The texts of the communications are to appear in full in the Archives of to 
Photogrammetry; they are only cited in the order in which they were present- pt 
ed. The discussions which followed are explained in full detail. m 
! First Session on 4 September. fe 
| The session was opened by the President at 3.27 pm commencing with an be 
| explanation of all the problems of interest to Commission II. fe 
| At 3.34 Mr. Poivilliers (France) presented the first communication: “Poi- sa 
| villiers-S.O.M. Apparatus" at 3.38 Mr. Daniel presented, in the name of the sa 
il French National Geographic Institute "Apparatus for Plotting Rectified Tri- h 
i Metrogon Obliques". 
B At 3.43, Mr. Schwidefsky (Germany) *New German Photogrammetric W 
i Appatatus”. P 
| At 4.00 to 4.11 Mr. Parenti (Italy) presented in place of Mr. Boaga, “The p 
" Photostereographe Nistri, Model B". ri 
| M. Poivilliers then requested the speakers to respect the time allotted to 1 
i them and be brief. o 
4 From 4.13 to 4.23 Mr. Luigi Ronca (Italy) presented: “The Optical- o 
i Mechanical Conduction of the Lines of Sight in the Nistri Apparatus, Model t 
| B". 
d From 4.24 to 4.33 Mr. Nistri (Italy) spoke of the *New Nistri Photo- F 
i cartographe”. € 
" From 4.34 to 4.44 Mr. Santoni (Italy) explained his communication *Prin- f 
i ciple Criteria in the Design of Stereoscopic Plotting instruments”. 
| From 4.44 to 4.50 Mr. Kelsh U.S.A. briefed his communication, “Use of t 
i the Kelsh Plotter”. 
A From 4.51 to 4.59 the floor was given to Mr. Pennington (US A.) to | 
A explain his project for standardization of tests for plotting instruments.