| RefNo | MS/242/16a |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Draft letter from Thomas Young to Jöns Jacob Berzelius |
| Date | 1813 |
| Description | Has learnt that Berzelius never received the two letters Young had written on behalf of the Royal Society to thank him for sending books, apologises.
According to the Astronomer Royal's observations, [Edward] Troughton's circle is performing even better than expected, with errors of less than half a second.
Includes a list of volumes by Giuseppe Piazzi:
- [Giuseppe Piazzi], Della Specola Astronomica, 1792 (Astronomy-large)
- [Giuseppe Piazzi], Stellarum inerrantium positiones, 1803 (Astronomy-large)
- [Giuseppe Piazzi], Dell'obliquita dell'eclittica, 1804 (Tracts X314/2)
- [Giuseppe Piazzi], Della cometa del 1811, 1812 (Tracts XC/4) |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7947 | Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist | 1773 - 1829 |
| NA3362 | Berzelius; Jons Jakob (1779 - 1848) | 1779 - 1848 |