| RefNo | HS/18/342 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Square |
| Creator | Thomas Young |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 1828-4 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel will stay for Sunday dinner at Thomas Young's before John Frederick William Herschel visits Dr. Litten. If so, please invite T. M. Brisbane and Francis Baily to join them. Writes formula Thomas Young discovered for discontinuous spectra. Thomas Young can now communicate with H. W. M. Olbers and T. J. Seebeck via H. C. Schumacher. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| 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/Herschel8076
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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 |