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ELABORATE SCIENTIFIC TESTS.

fmcret tests comparing the I’ritish national ropy <>l the prototype ill l tre iit!i the rUmlard iiitern.iior.nl metre •ire now heinp; niiule at Sevres, near Paris. W ith elaborate pi” cant.oils, air. of t!ie chi' I' oflieiais of the Hoard f Trade Standard!, Depni tmeut Look ’■e Itr : ti:-.!i an ire to Sevr s lor this Itt-vearl.v eomparisen. There nr only ahotit .‘ID prototype leti-e.. iii ixistenee. They are U-shap-ed liars ol' i rid io-pla ti mi in, an alloy old.linin'; !.d |i"r ceni oi platinum, .11,1 eneli is worth hiMidr'ds of pounds. A metre is ei|'uiv::h nt to ;i!)..'l7in, and .;i ernss-seeiion the bars are a! out an ineli npiare. The comp iris in v. ilh the Tandard in tie will he made wito Mippn iha f measure diflert ins s o| oil" n inillioul h of an itrnJi. '/'lie tests .dl occupy several weeks.

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Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1932, Page 3

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ELABORATE SCIENTIFIC TESTS. Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1932, Page 3

ELABORATE SCIENTIFIC TESTS. Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1932, Page 3

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