| Reference number | MM/13/88 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee |
| Date | 29 January 1833 |
| Description | On comparing different hydrometers and fixing the Standard or Proof Spirit.
"The Excise Committee worked in response to a request from the Treasury: its task was to devise a simple and practicable form of hydrometer to be used by excisemen in assesing the duty on spirits, wine and beer, and thus it duly did, to the complete satisfaction of the Treasury", M Boas-Hall, 'All Scientists Now: The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century', Cambridge: CUP, 1984, pp168.
Present at the meeting: Francis Bailey, Captain Francis Beaufort, W T Brande, M I Brunel, Michael Faraday, WH Pepys, P M Roget and Rev R Sheepshanks |
| Extent | 2 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | See Excise Committee Book, CMB/67 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5914 | Beaufort; Sir; Francis (1774 - 1857); hydrographer | 1774 - 1857 |
| NA3249 | Brande; William Thomas (1788 - 1866) | 1788 - 1866 |
| NA7956 | Brunel; Sir; Marc Isambard (1769 - 1849); civil engineer | 1769 - 1849 |
| NA8218 | Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian | 1791 - 1867 |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |
| NA5536 | Sheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855) | 1794 - 1855 |