Would like his views on the correct definition of a billion, to settle an argument.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel10862
From
H. E. Hubbard
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
[2 February 1871]
Sent from
Nottingham
Source of text
RS:HS 10.212
Physical description
ALS 1p
Additional information
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by
Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by
Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by
Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library