Letter from Editor in Charge of the New York Herald, Daily Chronicle Building, 81 Fleet Street, to the Secretary of the Royal Society Refers to a statement in the New York Herald, by Professor Shaler of Harvard University, suggesting 'an international commission should be appointed by Great Britain and the United States, representing the scientific, manufacturing and commercial interests of both countries' and the 'adoption' of the metric system by both countries. [For reply, see related records]. 15 January 1906