From:
William Stanley Jevons
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.328
Summary:
Scientific men at Manchester, J. P. Joule, Balfour Stewart, and H. E. Roscoe especially, feel that there is not enough influence on the Government regarding scientific affairs. Thinks the leading scientific men should join together. Would JH lend his name and influence to such an undertaking?
Contributor:
John Herschel Project