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RefNoHS/18/336
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel
CreatorThomas Young
Date15 November 1825
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. [Board of Longitude] must answer to Parliament, not to public opinion. Do not contest the system. Order pocket sextants; they and barometer will be sent to Captain [Richard] Copeland. Knows how John Frederick William Herschel feels about expenses sent to Edward Sabine, but please write receipt and send it to Thomas Young within week. Will write directly to Charles Babbage for tables.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originn.p.
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8070
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7947Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist1773 - 1829
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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