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From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.339
Summary:

T. M. Brisbane is in town. Can JH meet him? JH'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.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.343
Summary:

Abandons TY's argument on Mr. Roberts's object glass. Asks JH's help in understanding A. J. Fresnel's calculations of diffraction and Josef Fraunhofer's discontinuous functions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1828-5 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.357
Summary:

Board of Longitude would approve providing Lieutenant Forbes with apparatus JH suggested. Inappropriate for any member to address Admiralty separately. Payment of expenses to committee members.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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