Request to order two distance thermometers from Messrs. Negretti & Zambra, specifying one should be centigrade.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\1\ Scan046 | |
| Date | 26th June 1923 | |
| X3695 Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn {Mr Robinson} 1/LG26.6.23. JOHN CROXLEY Please order from Messrs. Negretti & Zambra 2 distance Thermometers of the same type as the one we already have, reading from below freezing to above boiling temperature. We should prefer one of these to be graduated in a centigrade scale, if possible. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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