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3 items (originally enclosed with Ordnance Office papers relating to inventions)...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/120
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This record is about the 3 items (originally enclosed with Ordnance Office papers relating to inventions)... dating from [1849]-1851 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1849]-1851
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3 items (originally enclosed with Ordnance Office papers relating to inventions) extracted from WO 44/634. 3 sheets of sketches. (1-2) [Invention number 842]: 'Squire's Revolving Rifle Artillery': (1) front section; (2) side section. By J Squire. (3) [Invention number 850]: diagram illustrating a proposal to fire rifled projectiles from rifled mortars from ships. By Lieutenant Colonel J H Stevens; drawn 15 April 1851. Dimensions: (1-2) each 33 cm x 52.5 cm; (3) 32.5 cm x 43 cm.
Items 1-2 were formerly stored separately under the reference MPM 60
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various departments held...
6,070 records
Within the series: MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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