Does not think Mr. Thornton's pamphlets solve the problem of squaring the circle as the circle is 3/4 of the circumscribed square. Comments further on these theories.
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Does not think Mr. Thornton's pamphlets solve the problem of squaring the circle as the circle is 3/4 of the circumscribed square. Comments further on these theories.
Please transmit enclosed recommendations by JH to Richard Strachey or other members of committee to establish uniform system of weights and measures for India.
The packet for Wilfred Heely has just been delivered and JM will arrange for it to be forwarded to Calcutta by the Mail steamer.
Sends a pamphlet by a friend of his, Mr. Thornton, on the squaring of the circle; would like JH's opinion on this pamphlet.
Please accept his grateful thanks for his comments on Mr. Thornton's squaring of the circle. Will send these comments on to Thornton.
Impressed by JH's argument against French metric system. Will forward JH's letter to Richard Strachey or, if Strachey is in Abyssinia, to committee for weights and measures in India.