Correspondence on standards, 1865 - 1868
Scope and Contents
Official and general correspondence on standards. The correspondents include Sir J.F.W. Herschel, Sir J. Lefevre, Sir J.W. Lubbock, Professor W.H. Miller, Major General E. Sabine, Lord Wrottesley, W. Airy, W. De La Rue, Admiral Manners and Professor Wackenbath. The volume includes minutes of the first meeting of the Standards Commission; the first report of the Standards Commission; and papers on the decimal system of money.
Dates
- Creation: 1865 - 1868
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
D3/23
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:41:25+00:00
Subject
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Wrottesley, John, 1798 - 1867 (2nd Baron Wrottesley, landowner and astronomer) (Person)
- Standards Commission (Organization)
- Lefevre, John George Shaw, Sir ((1797-1879) Knight, civil servant) (Person)
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) (Person)
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