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Correspondence with Standards Warden, 1869 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/366

Scope and Contents

Official and general correspondence with the Warden of the Standards and with Jacobi, Mathieu, W.H. Miller and O. Struve regarding standards. The volume includes lists of figures for 'Airy's cyclinder gauging scale', photographs 'of the original attestation of Deposit of the Original Standards of the Metre and Kilogram', and printed papers and letters on the International Standards Commission.

Dates

  • Creation: 1869 - 1872

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

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Extent

1 archive box(es) (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

D3/29

Finding aid date

2006-01-06 11:41:41+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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