From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[25 April 1866]
Source of text:
RGO 6.359.243
Summary:
Has heard that the Indian government may adopt the metric system; wants to gather, and send to India, information against metrication; JH still wants to bring the earth's axis length into the measuring system.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project