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RefNoMC/12/220
LevelItem
TitleLetter from C [Charles] Cecil Trevor, Board of Trade (Standards Department), 7 Old Palace Yard, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorTrevor; Charles Cecil (fl 1881); assistant secretary to the Board of Trade
Date15 November 1881
DescriptionRegarding the comparison of the parliamentary copies of the imperial standard, as required by the Weights and Measures Act 1878. Trevor requests the parliamentary copy of the standard yard no. 3 for this purpose.

[The second page is on a separate paper, labelled MC/12/220a within the volume.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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