From:
William Lloyd Birbeck
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1866]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (62)
Summary:
Offers to purchase scientific manuscripts for JH at a sale in London.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Offers to purchase scientific manuscripts for JH at a sale in London.
Praises JH's essay 'The Yard, the Pendulum, and the Metre.' Believes C. P. Smyth's theories concerning the Great Pyramid being a standard of measurement.