| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Standard Weights and Measures and to the Standard Trial Pieces of the Coin of the Realm. |
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| Citation | 29 & 30 Vict. c. 82 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 August 1866 |
The Standards of Weights, Measures, and Coinage Act 1866 [1] ( 29 & 30 Vict. c. 82) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Details
The act created a department of the Board of Trade called the Standard Weights and Measures Department. [2] 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. [3] [4] These had previously been the responsibility of the Exchequer.
Notes
- ^ a b This short title was conferred on this Act by section 16 of this Act.
- ^ Turner 1983, p. 51
- ^ Turner 1983, p. 51
- ^ Taylor 1991, p. 25
References
- Taylor, A. J. (1991) [1965]. The Jewel Tower: Westminster (2nd ed.). London, UK: English Heritage. ISBN 9781850743637.
- Turner, Gerald L'E. (1983). Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments. Berkeley, US and Los Angeles, US: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520051607.
