Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reading Autograph letter signed by sender. John Lubbock entitled to bring his proposal before the Royal Astronomical Society, and to the best advice they can give, but the idea of explaining new views on physical astronomy strikes Richard Sheepshanks as 'objectionable' in principle. No one will understand his presentation. How to proceed with this. Richard Sheepshanks's work on the standard yard. 1 December 1847