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3 items (originally enclosed with a letter from John Mackenzie to Consul-General...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/794
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This record is about the 3 items (originally enclosed with a letter from John Mackenzie to Consul-General... dating from 1872-1873 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)
- 1872-1873
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3 items (originally enclosed with a letter from John Mackenzie to Consul-General Sir T Francis, Constantinople, 19 September 1873) extracted from FO 195/1024. 3 sheets of traced plans and sections, relating to the Turkish weapon production. (1) Plan and section of the muzzle plug of a gun. Scale: 1:1. (2) 'Moving gear of the Incorporating Mills at the Imperial powder factory. Baruthane': cross-section. Scale: 1 inch to 1 foot [1:12], showing John Mackenzie's plan for increasing production at the Constantinople (now Istanbul) Gunpowder Factory. (3) Section showing the method of constructing muzzle-loading guns. Scale: 1:5. The correspondence concerned Mackenzie's claim for compensation for being dismissed as the manager of the Imperial Gun Factory; Francis subsequently enclosed it in his despatch number 89, 8 October 1873.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various departments held...
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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