From:
[John] M. Field
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 February 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-1128.3 [p. 52]; Reel 1060
Summary:
Notes change of bars on pieces 26 and 27 prior to their arrival at assay office.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Notes change of bars on pieces 26 and 27 prior to their arrival at assay office.
Believes that the increasing use of decimal weights should mean that no further evidence need be taken by the Standards Commission [see JH's 1853-2-14].