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Division
Records of the Mechanical Engineering Products Division
Catalogue reference: Division within HF
What's it about?
Division within HF
Records of the Mechanical Engineering Products Division of the Ministry of Technology, germane to mechanical engineering in a national and international context, include registered files in HF 8
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within HF
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Mechanical Engineering Products Division
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1966-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Mechanical Engineering Products Division of the Ministry of Technology, germane to mechanical engineering in a national and international context, include registered files in HF 8
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Products Division, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 series
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Manufacturing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Mechanical Engineering Products Division (EP) of the Ministry of Technology (MINTECH) dealt with with the motor manufacturing industry, agricultural and construction equipment, international trade and other mechanical engineering products.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1126/
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