Proceedings of the ninth International Congress of Photogrammetry: Executive & formal meetings, resolutions etc.

Brown, R. Ll.

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Title:: Proceedings of the ninth International Congress of Photogrammetry

Sub title:: London, 1960

Year of publication:: 1961

Place of publication:: Amsterdam

Publisher of the original:: Argus

Identifier (digital):: 1049114248

Language:: French

Other Title:: Paralleltitel: Actes du neuvième Congrès International de Photogrammétrie

Editor:: Brown, R. Ll.

Corporations:: International Congress of Photogrammetry, 9., 1960, London

Adapter:: International Congress of Photogrammetry, 9., 1960, London

Founder of work:: International Congress of Photogrammetry, 9., 1960, London

Other corporate:: International Congress of Photogrammetry, 9., 1960, London

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Persistent identifier:: 1049115422

Title:: Executive & formal meetings, resolutions etc.

Sub title:: London, 1960

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 144 Seiten)

Year of publication:: 1961

Place of publication:: Amsterdam

Publisher of the original:: Argus

Identifier (digital):: 1049115422

Signature of the source:: ZS 312(13,1)

Language:: French

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Editor:: Brown, R. Ll.

Corporations:: International Congress of Photogrammetry, 9., 1960, London

Adapter:: International Congress of Photogrammetry, 9., 1960, London

Founder of work:: International Congress of Photogrammetry, 9., 1960, London

Other corporate:: International Congress of Photogrammetry, 9., 1960, London

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2019

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Collection:: Earth sciences

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Title:: BANQUET IN GUILDHALL Thursday, 15th September, 1960

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76 BANQUET IN GUILDHALL Thursday, 15th September, 1960 The principal event in the social part of the Congress programme was the banquet in Guildhall in the heart of the City of London on Thursday, 15th September, 1960. The environs of the ancient Guildhall have been consecrated to civic govern ment for more than a thousand years. The foundation of the present hall was com menced about the year 1411, and the Great Hall itself was completed by 1440. Two major conflagrations destroyed large areas of the city, in 1666 and in 1940, but the crypt, porch and medieval walls of Guildhall emerged from the flames on both oc casions without irreparable damage. Guildhall, throughout the ages, has been the setting for banquets celebrating most of the great State and civic occasions in Great Britain. The banquet in Guildhall on 15th September provided a brilliant finale to the proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Photogrammetry. Major-General R. LI. Brown, the President of the International Society for Photogrammetry, presided over a gathering of nearly 450 photogrammetrists and their wives, including 38 distinguished guests, representative of the British Government, civic and educational authorities, and leaders in the world of science in Great Britain. For those who are interested, the list of official guests is appended. The dinner was preceded by Grace said by the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral; and after the President had proposed the health of the Queen and other members of the British Royal family and of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and the Corporation of the City of London, the company were entertained by speeches by the Right Honourable Lord Mills, a senior member of the British Cabinet, who proposed the toast of the International Society for Photogrammetry. This toast was responded to by the President, who in turn proposed the toast of the guests. To this, Sir Lindor Brown, Vice-President of the Royal Society, replied in a delightful speech, the text of which appears below. An account of this historic banquet in London would not be complete without reporting that the Orchestra of the Corps of Royal Engineers provided a programme of music throughout the proceedings which gave great pleasure to all who heard it, and without reporting that the ancient ceremony of passing the Loving Cup was observed at the end of the dinner and before the toasts were drunk. The ceremony of the Loving Cup is said to date back before the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066, and to derive from the assassination, by command of Elfreda, of King Edward while drinking. It was customary with Anglo-Saxons in those far off days, when at drinking parties, to pass round a large cup from which each drank in turn to the remainder of the company present. He who thus drank stood up and, as he lifted the cup with both hands, his body was exposed without any defence to a blow, and the occasion was often seized by an enemy to murder him. To prevent this, the following plan was adopted. When one of the company stood up to drink, he required the companion who sat next to him to be his pledge. His companion, if he consented, stood up also and raised his drawn sword in his hand to defend him while drinking. Nowadays the cup is passed round the table, each guest drinking to his neighbour, with the guest on his exposed flank standing as if to protect him from assault. A feature of the evening was the intermingling of the representatives of upwards of 50 nations represented at the banquet, so that they were seated between persons of

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