RGO Archives/RGO 15 contains:
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51	Outgoing letters
52	Miscellaneous correspondence
53	Correspondence on Observatory administration
54	Correspondence of Thomas Maclear
55	Miscellaneous correspondence
56	Correspondence on weights and measures
57	Letters to Thomas Maclear
58	Letters from Simon's Town Naval Yard
59	Letters from the Admiralty
60	Letters from the Colonial Office
61	Letters on the Magnetic Observatory fire
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Papers of the Cape Observatory

Title	Correspondence on weights and measures
Reference	RGO 15/56
Covering Dates	1834–1859
Extent and Medium	1 bundle

Content and context

Correspondence concerned mainly with the standardisation of weights and measures, including much correspondence with W. Bowler. There are copies of the ordnance signed by the Governor, dated 1848 (No. 13); a bill introduced by Ziervogel; correspondence in a printed booklet concerning the bill; a letter from the Colonial Secretary, 3 August 1859, giving details of the standard weights and measures deposited with the Observatory; and Thomas Maclear's private memorandum, in two parts, for 29 January - 2 August 1834 and 30 August 1834 - 6 August 1835.

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Weights and Measures

Maclear, Sir Thomas (1794-1879) Knight, astronomer

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