Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Messrs Taylor and Hessey, from Collingwood
- Herschel/Box 1/Letter 28
- Item
- 4 June 1863
Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel
Gives permission to use his letters in the 'Battle of the Standards'. (1) Asks for 100 copies so Herschel can send them to M.P.s.
(1) An attempt to instigate the use of metric measurements which Herschel campaigned against
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer