From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 November 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.333
Summary:
Ask Charles Babbage to send tables of logarithms to TY, who will compare them to [Brook] Taylor's. Bets that five errors will be found. Did JH order mountain barometer from [J. F.] Newman? Will inquire about [W. E.] Parry's instruments. Admiralty, not us, should order sextants.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project