From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[5 November 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.107 (C: RS:HS 25.9.71)
Summary:
As the Kew Observatory needs a standard yard, JH is proposing that they be allowed to use one of RS's as a provisional standard until Parliament acts.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project