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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.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8080

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
31] August [1828
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.346
Summary:

Will not hold JH responsible for accuracy of William Richardson's computations. No instructions yet from Admiralty about Nautical Almanac, which goes to press soon. TY will insert JH's equinoctial time. Notes two works by A. F. C. Kollman on harmony and [Beck] on 'thorough-bass.'

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