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From:
John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
June 18 1864
Source of text:
HS 393b; MS JT/1/H/101; MS JT/1/TYP/2/524-7, RS; RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the London Times
Date:
[18 June 1864]
Source of text:
JHS 5.1
Summary:

Supports, for scientific and commercial reasons, the retention of the British system of measures, arguing against adoption of the metric or decimal system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project