| RefNo | HS/18/354 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Thomas Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Square |
| Creator | Thomas Young |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 1826 to 1829 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Errors in equinoctial time calculated by John Pond. Suggests limiting decimal places in value of equinoctial time to reflect this uncertainty. Making error uniform will make it awkward to alter future almanacs. |
| 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/Herschel8088
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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 |