Schoof, William George, c1831 - 1901 (watchmaker)
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Correspondence on chronometer trials, 1885 - 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/104
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the annual trials of chronometers and watches at the Royal Observatory:Table showing the greatest change in rate, from one week to the next, of various chronometers during the annual trials of 1856-1880, compiled 1885.Correspondence concerning the annual trial of chronometers, 1885, including a rough abstract on the chronometer trial of that year, a letter of withdrawal from the horologist W.G. Schoof, a list of chronometers entered in the trial, a...
Dates:
1885 - 1894
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