Joint Meeting of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers

Joint Meeting of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers O N February 16th last, a joint session of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in London and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in New York was made possible by the transatlantic telephone. The audience in New York numbered over one thousand and that in London was several hundred. The two audiences were called to order at 10:30 A.M. New York time by Mr. Bancroft Gherardi, president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and several papers were read both in New York and London to which the two audiences listened simultaneously. This joint meeting marks such an important milestone in the history of electrical communication that its entire proceedings are reproduced herewith. They are entirely selfexplanatory. Having called the meeting to order, Mr. Gherardi said: "I will ask Mr. Charlesworth, Chairman of our Meetings and Papers Committee, to say a few words concerning the London meeting, and then to arrange for our joint session." M R . C I I A R L E S W O R T H : Before proceeding with the joint session with our associates in the British Institution of Electrical Engineers, I wish to say just a few words concerning their London meeting in order to help you visualize the nature and significance of our joint session. Our British associates have assembled in the auditorium of the Institution of Electrical Engineers Building located on the Victoria Embankment.