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LicenseSection in copper of standard measure
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Section in copper of standard measure, made by Johnson and Matthey, for the prototype metre kept at Sevres. The metre is of Indio-platinum and was land down in 1879 but copies in bronze were furnished to foreign govts. See 1876 Cat of special loan collection of apparatus
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1876-956
- Materials:
- copper (alloy)
- type:
- section
- credit:
- General Morin
