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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Bellas Greenough
Date:
1845-12-19.
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Greenough
Summary:

Sending statement [written by C. White on Turkish coal fields] relating to the Coal Committee on which JH has been a 'sleeping partner.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Bellas Greenough
Date:
1845-12-24 or later
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.18
Summary:

AS JH understands the matter [see GG's 1845-12-23], GG is the only knowledgeable member of the committee, and so it will be up to GG to present information and propose some means of moving ahead. JH makes some critical remarks about the nature of B.A.A.S. committees.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Bellas Greenough
Date:
[2 May 1850]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Greenough
Summary:

Thanks GG for a publication on mensuration. Praises it, but having never favored the French metrical system, JH doubts the usefulness of a system that departs from it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project