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RefNoHS/18/356
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Square
CreatorThomas Young
Date1826 to 1829
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Resolved puzzle about sidereal year, which needs better definition. Error between true and nominal positions prevents Thomas Young adopting 'equinoctial time' for chronology investigations.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originPark Square, London
Origin coordinates51.524, -0.147
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8090
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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