From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[25 February 1855]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/H694
Summary:
Declines to serve on experimental committee for R.S.L.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Declines to serve on experimental committee for R.S.L.
TG volunteers to succeed JH as master of Mint if JH resigns. Willing to replace JH in summers when TG's college duties are suspended. [JH annotation to wife Margaret: '...there are greater fools in the world' than JH.]