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From:
William Vernon Harcourt
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 January 1851
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
No summary available.
Wants to determine JH's whereabouts for mailing eclipse observation suggestions [see GA's 1850-12-16].
About the possible use of decimal subdivisions of the pound weight on the docks and at the Customs House.
Likes JH's ideas about decimal coinage [see JH's [1851]-1-4]; will send suggestions for eclipse observations.
About JH's poor health; mentions discovery of two asteroids and new rings of Saturn.