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was passed. This act created a special department of the Board of Trade, called the Standard Weights and Measures Department, and a head of that department styled the Warden of the Standards. His duty was to conduct comparisons, verifications and operations with reference to the standards in aid of
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As far back as can be traced, the standard weights and measures, the primary instruments for determining the justness of all other weights and measures used in the United Kingdom were kept at the
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Henry James Chaney (March 1842–13 February 1906), superintendent of weights and measures (1878–1906)
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This article is about the British weights and measures authority. For media in-house censors, see
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Henry Williams Chisholm, warden of the standards (1866–1878), father of
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having the custody of the imperial standards of weights and measures.
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