| RefNo | HS/18/341 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Square |
| Creator | Thomas Young |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 30 March 1828 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Henry Kater not well [enough to travel] and requests committee meet at Kater's house. Thomas Young urges John Frederick William Herschel to verify W. H. Wollaston's measurement of refraction before republishing John Frederick William Herschel's essay. Diagrams Christiaan Huygens's principle of refraction. Thomas Young is making forms of aplanatic lenses. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Park Square, London |
| Origin coordinates | 51.524, -0.147 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8075
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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 |