The WCSIM promotes the craft of scientific instrument making and the exchange of ideas and information by members and guests through meetings, visits, lectures and social events.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
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Glaziers Hall
The Glaziers Hall The land in this area formed part of the site of the cloist...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
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Millennium Measure
This monument is a tall, triangular, pyramidal, glass case containing a steel...
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Alderman Charles Pearce Russell, C.V.O., J.P.
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