Council of the Decimal Association

Minute book, 1856-70, of the Council of the Decimal Association, also contains the Minutes for the meetings of the International Association over the same period.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 proved to be the catalyst for the birth of the public argument for decimalization in Britain. At the close of the exhibition the Society of Arts gave a presentation in support of a decimal system in order to bring into line all the weights and measures currently used by various European countries into harmonisation. The International Association and its British branch were formed in 1855.

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Catalogue of the manuscripts and autograph letters in the University Library compiled by Reginald Arthur Rye.

Minute books, 1889-1949, are privately held (enquiries to the Business Archives Council).

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Bought in 1910.