Asks GA about the best way to store standard measures [see GA's 1853-9-8].
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Asks GA about the best way to store standard measures [see GA's 1853-9-8].
Writes to JH to re-arrange a time for a meeting.
Agrees to new meeting time [see GA's 1853-9-14].
Concerning GA's eclipse lecture and [G.] Seyffarth's claims regarding eclipse observations.
Comments on accidental burns to JH's daughter Amelia.
Argues for the decimalization of all weights, measures, and money [see JH's 1852-10-26].
Comments on GA's proposals about the storage of primary standards [see GA's 1853-2-7, i.e., RGO 6.341.30], and about secondary standards [see GA's 1853-2-7, i.e., RGO 6.341.31].
The meeting date is fine, but no hour or place has been specified [see JH's 1853-2-16].
Clarifies meeting details [see JH's 1853-2-27].
Informs GA of the discovery of an earlier standard pound weight found at the Royal Mint.
Is arranging a meeting to seal up and deposit one set of standards [see GA's 1853-6-21].
Explains why JH could not attend meeting [see GA's 1853-8-16]; hopes GA and family had a pleasant holiday.
Drafting the Standards Commission report is taking up all of GA's spare time.
Is very much in favor of JH's coinage ideas [see JH's [1851]-1-4], but thinks they may be too bold.
Talks about the means to introduce JH's radical reform ideas for coinage [see GA's 1853-2-12]; would like the Bank of England to go further in decimalizing weights of coins [see JH's 1853-2-11].
Responds about a meeting date [see GA's 1853-2-15]; further thoughts on the introduction of a new coinage system [see JH's 1853-2-14].
Wants to visit the Royal Mint; the coinage/weight question is more complex than GA imagined [see GA's 1853-3-15]; seeks JH's opinion on part of a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Responds with return of letter part and an invitation to the Royal Mint [see GA's 1853-3-21]; expands further on the coinage/weight problem.
Seeks JH's approval, and signature, on a paper; does not wish to talk about copper coinage.
Supports the report, but JH believes as an employee of the Treasury, he cannot sign the report on coinage to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; does not anticipate swift action on the report.