From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.365
Summary:
Points out minor errors in the manuscript of JH's 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Points out minor errors in the manuscript of JH's 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre.'
Regarding A. R. Clarke's paper on Geodesy. Benjamin Peirce's Lunar Table. The sun's parallax. JH's nebulae catalogue. Regarding the English inch.
Is still not happy with the earth's axis as a source of standard length; sends JH the results of A. R. Clarke's calculations on the figure of the earth [see JH's 1863-10-8].