From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1853]
Source of text:
RGO 6.339.62a
Summary:
Asks JH to let an examination be made of the standard pound kept at the Royal Mint [see WM's 1853-6-8].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Asks JH to let an examination be made of the standard pound kept at the Royal Mint [see WM's 1853-6-8].
Informs GA of the discovery of an earlier standard pound weight found at the Royal Mint.
Some difficulty about locating a particular standard pound weight, and the letter requesting the use of it [see JH's 1853-6-20].