Correspondence on weights and measures, 1838 - 1848
Scope and Contents
General correspondence, letters A-H, on proposals to reform or decimalise the standards of weights and measures. The correspondence takes the form of questionnaires to respected parties and asks opinions on proposed improvements. Those questioned include D.F.J. Arago, A.D. Bache, F.W. Bessel, S.H. Christie, T. Colby, W. Cubitt, A. de Morgan, M. Faraday, J. Field, W.H. Fitton, Sir W.R. Hamilton and T. Henderson. There are also newspaper extracts from 'The London Mercantile Journal and Weekly Dispatch'.
Dates
- Creation: 1838 - 1848
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
D3/6
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:40:51+00:00
Subject
- Arago, Dominique François Jean, 1786 - 1853 (physicist) (Person)
- Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1784 - 1846 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Christie, Samuel Hunter, 1784 - 1865 (mathematician) (Person)
- Cubitt, William, Sir, 1785 - 1861 (Knight, civil engineer) (Person)
- Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Standards Commission (Organization)
- Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805 - 1865 (Knight, mathematician) (Person)
- Colby, Thomas Frederick, 1784 - 1852 (Major General, Director of Ordnance Survey) (Person)
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