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Correspondence on New Palace clock, 1845 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/607
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the clock for the New Palace at Westminster. The correspondents are mainly horologists, but there are also letters from the Department of Woods and Works. The volume includes a parliamentary paper titled 'A Return for a List of Papers relative to the Great Clock for the New Palace at Westminster', dated 24 June 1847, and pages from the 'Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers' on Wheatstone's 'telegraph clock'.
Dates:
1845 - 1848
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