From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 August 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.344
Summary:
Sudden demolition of Board of Longitude. TY 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? TY's paper on 'Astronomical Chronology' in W. T. Brande's [Quarterly Journal of Science and Art] illustrates JH's equatorial time.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project