From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
n.d.
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.9.79
Summary:
Agrees to provide some written work which will go into the report of the weights and measures commission[?].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Agrees to provide some written work which will go into the report of the weights and measures commission[?].
Sorting out some business with printing, and has done the calculations on his chronometrical observations made in 1838.
About several items of R.A.S. business, especially the R.A.S.M.N.
Sends a letter to JH (related to Altona Observatory business?); is working on another Notice.
Has widely distributed prints (of whom?).
Asks JH to burn letter.
A note to accompany a Russian work on weights and measures.