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Herschel8254

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hudson Gurney
Date:
[25 June 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.60
Summary:

Submits JH's manuscript on Thomas Young's mathematical works for HG's biography of Young. Notes their excessive obscurity. Reasons for insisting that JH's name be added no longer exist. Asks HG's votes for two candidates for Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8863

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Hudson Gurney
Date:
[25 June 1830]
Source of text:
Letter from J. F. W. Herschel [Containing Remarks on Dr. Young's Mathematical an
Summary:

Provides HG [who was writing a biography of Thomas Young] with a detailed evaluation of Young's contributions to physical science, e.g., Young's development of the principle of interference in optics.

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John Herschel Project
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