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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

Herschel9173

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1850]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0569
Summary:

Sending JH a paper by WW on the nature of induction. Reformulating Aristotle's view. Discusses a proposed Royal Visitation, which WW opposes.

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John Herschel Project
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