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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Torry Research Station: Reports and...
Catalogue reference: AY 27
What's it about?
AY 27
This Torry documents (TD) series contains accounts of work in progress, internal reports and published material. The TD series also contains revised versions of some TANs (Torry Advisory Notes).The TD series was formed to amalgamate three main...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AY 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Torry Research Station: Reports and Papers, Torry Documents (TD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1972-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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This Torry documents (TD) series contains accounts of work in progress, internal reports and published material. The TD series also contains revised versions of some TANs (Torry Advisory Notes).
The TD series was formed to amalgamate three main types of documents, namely record papers (RP), record memoranda (RM), and papers for publication (PP). The record papers were accounts of work in progress, the record memoranda were internal reports, but with a possible wider circulation, and the papers for publication were published material.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- TD file series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 150 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Research
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1972
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2741/
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