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Description: | Issued from Chronometer Section Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, 5 MAY 1975, Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, Sussex
No 988
One of a set of seven Admiralty (Hydrographic Office) chronometer issue cards giving place of issue and date. These thin paper cards were designed to slide into a brass frame inside the chronometer or deck watch box, and were to record the date at which the instrument was last issued from the Department responsible for servicing them.
AQN: Royal Greenwich Observatory (owner). | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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