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RS-MM-001134

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
5 March 1852
Source of text:
MM/16/175, Royal Society
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Royal Society
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Tyndall0607

From:
Lyon Playfair
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
5th March /52
Source of text:
MS/JT/1/P/113, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2501

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Butler
Date:
5 March 1852
Source of text:
PRO WO44 / 644
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel491

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[5 March 1852]
Source of text:
RGO 6.341.21
Summary:

Wants to begin using decimal fractional weights of pounds and ounces at the Royal Mint, rather than pennyweights and grains. Would like to extend this method beyond the Mint. Asks for date of heliacal rising of Sirius at Athens in the time of Euripides.

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John Herschel Project
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