From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.334
Summary:
Questions JH's conclusion that Board of Longitude has power to interfere in Admiralty operations. Disagrees that Nautical Almanac errors are serious. Compares them to tables of Charles Hutton, F. X. von Zach, and H. C. Schumacher. When will TY receive Charles Babbage's table?
Contributor:
John Herschel Project