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From:
George Bellas Greenough
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.125
Summary:

The metrical system is decaying. Does not see any future for the standard yard. A universal language is a necessity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Bellas Greenough
Date:
[2 May 1850]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Greenough
Summary:

Thanks GG for a publication on mensuration. Praises it, but having never favored the French metrical system, JH doubts the usefulness of a system that departs from it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project