| RefNo | HS/18/339 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Square |
| Creator | Thomas Young |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 13 May 1828 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. T. M. Brisbane is in town. Can John Frederick William Herschel meet him? John Frederick William Herschel's computations of definite integrals are simpler, more direct than P. S. Laplace's and more conclusive than Leonhard Euler's. Comments on W. H. F. Talbot's letters demonstrating Josef Fraunhofer's theorem. |
| 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/Herschel8073
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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 |