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Award - Victoria Whitworth Scholarship
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Diameter | 57 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH · BART · FRS · DCL · LLD · BN DECR XXI MDCCCIII |
| Reverse description | Two precision measuring instruments depicted in relief at the centre of the field: a surface plate apparatus above and a micrometer machine below. An arced legend in the upper portion of the field references Whitworth's measurement technique, while a three-line inscription in the lower field records the founding of the Whitworth Scholarships with the Roman numeral date. |
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| Reverse lettering | A DIFFERENCE OF ONE MILLIONTH OF AN INCH IS MEASVRED BY VSING FOVR TRVE PLANES IN CONCERT WHITWORTH SCHOLARSHIPS FOVNDED MDCCCLXVIII |
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