| RefNo | MS/242/43 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Simeon Denis Poisson to Thomas Young, dated at Paris |
| Date | 12 November 1828 |
| Description | Sends 5 copies of a paper on elastic bodies and fluid flows via the booksellers Payne and Voss [Clarification: this paper contains the first proof of the divergence theorem]. 1 copy should be presented to the Royal Society, another for Young and the names of the intended other 3 recipients are inscribed on the title page. Comments on how he arrived to the formulations in the paper.
In postscriptum, notes that diamonds the size of a grain of oat and with three faces were presented at the latest séance de l'Académie des sciences by [Charles Cagniard de la Tour], [Jean Dominique] Arago will use them to verify the angle of polarization. |
| 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 |