From:
John Banks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1854]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.81; Reel 9
Summary:
Requests donation of copy of JH's Cape Results to library of Mechanics Institution.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Requests donation of copy of JH's Cape Results to library of Mechanics Institution.
Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results for library of Mechanics Institution.
Opposes bill on decimalization of [British] weights and measures.
JH's 25 Apr. 1871 reply encouraged JB to oppose introduction of French metric system. [Thomas] Brassey and Mr. Shuttleworth will vote against it [in House of Commons].