| RefNo | HS/18/343 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Square |
| Creator | Thomas Young |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 4 May 1828 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Abandons Thomas Young's argument on Mr. Roberts's object glass. Asks John Frederick William Herschel's help in understanding A. J. Fresnel's calculations of diffraction and Josef Fraunhofer's discontinuous functions. |
| 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/Herschel8077
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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 |