RefNo | HS/18/343 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Square |
Creator | Thomas Young |
Date | 4 May 1828 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Abandons Thomas Young's argument on Mr. Roberts's object glass. Asks John Frederick William Herschel's help in understanding A. J. Fresnel's calculations of diffraction and Josef Fraunhofer's discontinuous functions. |
Language | English |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Park Square, London |
Origin coordinates | 51.524, -0.147 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8077
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7947 | Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist | 1773 - 1829 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |