| RefNo | HS/18/344 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Square |
| Creator | Thomas Young |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 24 August 1828 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Sudden demolition of Board of Longitude. Thomas Young is left as superintendent [of Nautical Almanac]. Notes quality of J. F. Encke's almanac for 1830. Should English compete with German astronomers, or discontinue almanac supplements? Thomas Young's paper on 'Astronomical Chronology' in W. T. Brande's [Quarterly Journal of Science and Art] illustrates John Frederick William Herschel's equatorial time. |
| 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/Herschel8078
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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 |