Correspondence on weights and measures, 1829 - 1848
Scope and Contents
General correspondence, letters J-Y, on proposals to reform or decimalise the standards of weights and measures. The correspondence takes the form of answers to questionnaires to respected parties and asks opinions on proposed improvements and on systems used abroad. There is also a pamphlet called 'The Mechanic and Chemist' and a poster on the 1845 law of weights and measures as applicable to Ireland. The correspondents include J.V. Lamont, the Earl of Liverpool, W.H. Miller, C.W. Pasley, R. Phillips, G.A.A. Plana, L.A. Quetelet, P.M. Roget, E. Sabine, H.C. Schumacher, W.H. Smyth, W.S. Stratford, T. Thomson, C. Wheatstone, W. Whewell and Whitbread's Brewery.
Dates
- 1829 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
D3/7
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:40:53+00:00
- Metrology
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist)
- Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo, 1781 - 1864 (astronomer and mathematician)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist)
- Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780 - 1850 (astronomer)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary)
- Standards Commission
- Stratford, William Samuel, ?1791 - 1853 (naval officer and astronomer)
- Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875 (Knight, developer of telegraphy)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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