A report from the Committee, Appointed (upon the 1st day of December 1758) to Enquire into the Original Standards of Weights and Measures in This Kingdom, and to consider the laws relating thereto : with the proceedings of the house thereupon.
| Corporate Author: | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Original Standards of Weights and Measures in This Kingdom |
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