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Standards Commission

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Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

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Papers on the Standards Commission, 1866 - 1871

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/363
Scope and Contents Printed papers relating to the Standards Commission, including a list of documents laid before the Commission; papers by the Warden of the Standards on weights and measures and metrication; clearing house returns; plans for measuring apparatus; a copy of the Commission's findings; drafts of the Commission's reports; a watercolour of proposed standards of length; a letter in 'The Times'; and four reports of the Warden of the Standards of the weights and measures department at the Board of...
Dates: 1866 - 1871
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Register of computers' attendance, 1839 - 1846

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/527
Scope and Contents

A register of the attendance of computers and memoranda of the work done for the Standards Commission.

Dates: 1839 - 1846
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Remarks on the British Standards report, 1842

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/767
Scope and Contents

Remarks on the report of the commissioner for restoring the British Standards, including a discussion on the origin of the Troy Pound. The report is mainly concerned with the Imperial Weights.

Dates: 1842
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Reports on Exchequer standards, 1868 - 1871

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/364
Scope and Contents

Printed copies of the reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the condition of the Exchequer Standards.

Dates: 1868 - 1871
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sheepshanks' correspondence on standards, 1838 - 1855

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/356
Scope and Contents

Richard Sheepshanks' correspondence with Airy, F. Baily, Sir J.F.W. Herschel, T. Maclear and W.H. Miller concerning standards and the Standards Commission.

Dates: 1838 - 1855
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Thermometer tests, 1848 - 1857

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/355
Scope and Contents

Experiments and tests on individual thermometers for the Standards Commission. The volume includes calculations on the graduations of thermometer, means of determining error, boiling and freezing points of thermometers, errors of sub-divisions on thermometers, conversions into fahrenheit, comparisons with barometers, and a table of equivalents for thermometers, all by R. Sheepshanks. There are also some comparisons by J. Glaisher.

Dates: 1848 - 1857
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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