| RefNo | PT/1/15 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Extract of a letter from Dr [Heinrich] Olbers FRS to Dr [Thomas] Young, For Sec RS, announcing the discovery of a new planet' |
| Date | 2 April 1807 |
| Description | Quoted extract of a letter sent from Dr [Heinrich] Olbers to Royal Society Foreign Secretary Dr [Thomas] Young. Extract is addressed to Royal Society President Sir Joseph Banks.
Subject: Astronomy
Extracted letter was sent by Olbers from Bremen on 2 April 1807. Not published in Philosophical Transactions. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1804 | Olbers; Heinrich Wilhelm Mathias (1758 - 1840) | 1758 - 1840 |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |
| NA7947 | Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist | 1773 - 1829 |