Standards of Weights, Measures, and Coinage Act 1866
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The Standards of Weights, Measures, and Coinage Act 1866 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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The act created a department of the Board of Trade called the Standard Weights and Measures Department.[1] This department was responsible for maintaining the weights and measures used in the country - in particular, the primary and secondary standards, the physical "master" weights and lengths that other measuring devices could be compared against.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Turner 1983, p. 51
- ↑ Turner 1983, p. 51; Taylor 1991, p. 25
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