D O C . 3 3 1 O N B U R E A U O F M E T E O R O L O G Y 5 3 5 Published in League 1926c, pp. 57–59. [84 710], [84 711]. [1]Ewoud van Everdingen. In his proposal, van Everdingen stated that the “desire for the creation of an international meteorological bureau has found repeated expression since 1873, when the Inter- national Meteorological Congress met at Vienna and set up the International Meteorological Commit- tee.” At the congress, the duties of such a bureau were defined as: “The collection of observations, with the aid of which it will be possible to prepare a summary of the evolution of meteorological phe- nomena over as wide an area as possible of the earth’s surface and the publication of these observa- tions, for international use, expressed in similar units for the whole world” (see League 1925b, pp. 36–37). [2]Émile Delcambre. [3]Einstein was present at the meetings (see Doc. 237). [4]Hendrik A. Lorentz. Marie Curie. Julien Luchaire. George Clarke Simpson. Anselmo Ferraz de Carvalho (1878–1955) was the director of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory at the Uni- versity of Coimbra in Portugal. António de Carvalho Brandão (1878–1937) was a Portuguese mete- orologist and naval officer and director of the Meteorological Services of the Portuguese Navy. Jacob Bjernes Philippe Wehrlé (1890–1965) was head of the Department of Early Warnings at the French Office National Météorologique. Albert Roper (1891–1969) was the secretary-general of the Interna- tional Commission for Air Navigation. Jacob E. de Vos van Steenwijk. [5]The Seventh Assembly of the League of Nations took place on 6–25 September 1926 (see Parliament 1927).