From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0636.4 (C: RGO 6.341.35)
Summary:
Raises a problem for the Standards Commission to consider, namely, that the Bank of England finds it difficult to deal with the decimalization of troy ounces [in the bullion trade] [see JH's 1853-2-9].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project