| RefNo | MS/242/20 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Françoise Gabrielle Biot to Thomas Young |
| Creator | Biot; Francoise Gabrielle (1781-1851); translator; née Brisson; wife of Jean Baptiste Biot |
| Date | 3 August 1817 |
| Description | Has re-read the part of her husband's plan which concerns the [geodetic] operation him and various British scientists [incl. William Mudge] are currently leading in the Shetland Islands. Asks Young to send instruments there, as he promised to Arago, as there is a good chance they will arrive before Biot plans to leave in September. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 2p |
| 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 |