Letter, from Thomas Spring-Rice to Sir John Herschel, dated at Exchequer
Reference number: HS/14/481
Date: 21 January 1864
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Platinum pound-weight standard is deteriorating. Wants Treasury to bring it and the yard standard under observation of surviving committee members.
- Reference number
- HS/14/481
- Earliest possible date
- 21 January 1864
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Thomas Spring Rice, Letter, from Thomas Spring-Rice to Sir John Herschel, dated at Exchequer, 21 January 1864, HS/14/481, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_481/letter-from-thomas-spring-rice-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-exchequer, accessed on 12 July 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous
1810-1871 Reference number: HS/14
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Thomas Spring Rice
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John Frederick William Herschel
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