Title
Crichton's Ready Reckoner
Reference
YA2007.92/9/5/10
Production date
1946 - 1946
Creator
- BSI GroupBiographyBiography
1901- current (2016), producer of standards, UK
Founded as the Engineering Standards Committee in London in 1901. It extended its standardization work and became the British Engineering Standards Association in 1918. A Royal Charter was received in 1929 and it was renamed the British Standards Institution in 1931.
In 1998 a revision of the Charter enabled the organization to acquire other businesses, and the name changed to BSI Group. They now operate internationally in 172 countries.
- Crichton, FredericBiographyBiography
Author.
- The Crichton Publishing Co.BiographyBiography
Publishing company based in Blandford, Dorset, England.
Scope and Content
Tables for ascertaining the value of goods bought or sold by the hundredweight. Sixth edition.
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Grimshaw Brothers & Company LtdBiographyBiography
Chemical manufacturer, set up in 1875. Its products included pure muriate of zinc, iron remover, sizing ingredients, Amazon rubber chemicals, Paton's soap economiser and woollen scourers. Grimshaw's remained in business until 1957.
- BSI GroupBiographyBiography
1901- current (2016), producer of standards, UK
Founded as the Engineering Standards Committee in London in 1901. It extended its standardization work and became the British Engineering Standards Association in 1918. A Royal Charter was received in 1929 and it was renamed the British Standards Institution in 1931.
In 1998 a revision of the Charter enabled the organization to acquire other businesses, and the name changed to BSI Group. They now operate internationally in 172 countries.
- Crichton, FredericBiographyBiography
Author.
- The Crichton Publishing Co.BiographyBiography
Publishing company based in Blandford, Dorset, England.
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
System of arrangement
artificial
