| RefNo | MS/242/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Jean François Dominique Arago to Thomas Young, dated at Calais |
| Date | 28 September 1822 |
| Description | Addressed to Thomas Young in Paris, Hotel des Iles Britanniques.
Arago has received a letter from Young in Calais at his arrival there and regrets not being in Paris as Young is spending a fortnight there. Provides an historical summary of the publication of an article on polarisation in the Encyclopedia Britannica by Arago, and the editorial requests made by [Sir John] Leslie and [MacVey] Napier (time frame, word limit etc.). |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 4p |
| 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 |
| NA2974 | Arago; Dominique Francois Jean (1786 - 1853); mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician | 1786 - 1853 |