| RefNo | HS/18/331 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel |
| Creator | Thomas Young |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 1824-11-21 to 1825 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Math is flimsy in John Dalton's theory of vapor dispersion, but physical grounds are firm. Sends copy of Thomas Young's volume on sound. Modules of elasticity and tension are analogies to explain Thomas Young's doctrine. Presently studying modules of elasticity that do not apply to chimney pipes investigated by Daniel Bernoulli and J. H. Lambert. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | n.p. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8064
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7947 | Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist | 1773 - 1829 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |