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Herschel13057

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Strachey
Date:
[5 November 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0469 & 0470; Reel 1055
Summary:

Offers advice to president of committee for adoption of uniform system of weights and measures for India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13547

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
J[ohn] H[enry] Whitaker
Date:
5 November [1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0769.1; Reel 1089
Summary:

Has nothing of Mendelsohn to send to JW. Has R.S.L. letters, but JH does not want to part with them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1475

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
East India Company
Date:
[5 November 1867]
Source of text:
APS 509.L56.20
Summary:

Feels that he has been quoted out of context, making it appear that JH favors the introduction of the metric system in India. This being not the case, JH then proceeds to show how the British system of measures is related to terrestrial measurements, especially the length of the earth's polar axis. In so doing, JH argues for the greater accuracy in the definition of the British units, as compared to the metric.

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John Herschel Project
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