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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[3 November 1867]
Source of text:
RGO 6.359.536
Summary:

Writes to inquire as to the exact definition of the gallon and the pound, and the circumstances under which the appropriate measures would be made.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12603

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[29 November 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0025; Reel 1054
Summary:

Concerned about 'Commercial weight' of new standard of weights and measures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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