Bronze End-Standard yard measure, no.69, with wooden case, agate plugs and gold centre plug

Made:
1854 in London and England
maker:
Troughton and Simms Limited

Bronze End-Standard yard, no.69, with wooden case, agate plugs and gold centre plug. (Royal Commission, 1854)

Bronze end-bar standard yard measure made by Troughton & Simms, London for the 1854 British commission on Weights and Measures. Following the revision of British measures through the Imperial Measures Act in 1824, there were several attempts to improve the physical standards that underlined the new legislation. This secondary standard is designed for easier comparison with the primary yard measure that is defined by lines ruled on gold studs recessed into the bar.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1936-409
type:
rules (measuring devices) and linear standards (imperial)
credit:
Board of Trade

Parts

Bronze End-Standard yard, no.69, (Royal Commission,  1854)

Bronze End-Standard yard, no.69, (Royal Commission, 1854)

Bronze End-Standard yard, no.69, with agate plugs and gold centre plug. (Royal Commission, 1854)

Object Number:
1936-409 Pt1
type:
linear measure standard (imperial yard)
Box for bronze End-Standard yard

Box for bronze End-Standard yard

Box for bronze End-Standard yard, no.69, with agate plugs and gold centre plug.

Object Number:
1936-409 Pt2
type:
instrument case