Time measuring instruments
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
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Correspondence on chronometers, 1895 - 1923
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/96
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning chronometers:Letter from Yarrow and Co. Ltd requesting that Lieutenant J. Znierkonski be granted permission to compare the rates of chronometers belonging to two Austrian torpedo boats, 'Huzar' and 'Kaiman', at the Royal Observatory, 1905.Telegram from the Navigating Officer of HMS 'Victoria and Albert' requesting information on chronometer error and Greenwich Mean Time, 1905.Correspondence with the Naval Store Officer...
Dates:
1895 - 1923
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