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RefNoMC/26/150
AltRefNo11150
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Percy Alexander] MacMahon, Board of Trade (Standard Department), Old Palace Yard, Westminster, S.W, to The Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, S.W
CreatorMacMahon; Percy Alexander (1854 - 1929)
Date7 September 1911
DescriptionRequests the delivery of the Parliamentary copy of the standard yard and pound, deposited at the Royal Society, for comparison as required by the Weights and Measures Act 1878.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6982MacMahon; Percy Alexander (1854 - 1929); mathematician1854 - 1929
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