Correspondence with Standards Warden, 1869 - 1872
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
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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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
Subject
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Standards Commission (Organization)
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) (Person)
Repository Details
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