| RefNo | MS/242/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Jean François Dominique Arago to Thomas Young |
| Date | 17 January 1824 |
| Description | No origin listed, addressed to Young at the Board of Longitudes.
Relates to Arago's contribution on polarisation for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Arago is still awaiting to receive [David] Brewster's treatise to finish the entry, when completed it will be sent via Sir Charles Stuart.
As a post-scriptum, mentions that he has just learnt that [Jean-Francois] Champollion with shortly publish a great treatise on hieroglyphs. |
| 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 |