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Found in 303 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Peter Lecount to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-11-10
Concerning trials of his method of observing the eclipse of Jupiter's satellites.
Letter from Peter Lecount to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-01-08
Six letters and a related paper.
Letter from R. Raines-Baines to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-29
Requesting that the Board of Longitude consider his invention of a sea perambulator and an accompanying machine adapted to produce results at sea. He states that he had made significant improvements to his invention since obtaining a patent.
Letter from R. Raines-Baines to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-04-17
Enquiring whether the Board of Longitude had made a decision on the machines he had presented.
Letter from R. Raines-Baines to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-05-24
Informing him of news that his perambulator had saved the HMS Comilion [Chameleon?] and two merchant vessels from running aground. He asks that Young submit this testimonial to the Board.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-13
Concerning books and papers sent for the Cape Observatory, requesting a better clock, and giving news of the establishment of the observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-03-06
Reporting on his activities concerning the establishment of the Cape Observatory.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-06-18
Concerning his catalogue [of fixed stars].
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-09-02
Concerning tables and a plan of the observatory and giving news.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-10
Concerning a paper on eclipses, measurements of the height of Table Mountain, and his need for further instruments, and reporting on his activities and on the topography and geology of Cape Town.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-31
Concerning books and papers received, tables sent out, and a meteorological journal; requesting a Dollond repeating altitude and azimuth circle; and reporting on his activities at the Cape, which included collecting mineral specimens on Table Mountain.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-07-17
Informing him of the sudden departure of his assistant Mr Scully, who had left without giving notice after an incident of 'gross immoral conduct' with a young housemaid. Fallows requests that a suitably qualified person 'whose moral character is without stain or blemish' be sent as his replacement, and he recommends Mr Taylor of Greenwich for the position.
Letter from Robert Tucker to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-01-20
Four letters, a proposal and four colour star charts.
Letter from Robert Tucker to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-01-29
Four letters, a proposal and four colour star charts.
Letter from Seth Hunt to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-27
Four letters from Hunt to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude. Hunt was an American citizen residing in Covent Garden, who obtained a patent for his new escapement in 1817.
Letter from Seth Hunt to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-30
Four letters from Hunt to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude. Hunt was an American citizen residing in Covent Garden, who obtained a patent for his new escapement in 1817.
Letter from Seth Hunt to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-04-06
Four letters from Hunt to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude. Hunt was an American citizen residing in Covent Garden, who obtained a patent for his new escapement in 1817.
Letter from Sir James South to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-04-03
Originally enclosing the letters at [RGO 14/48: 312-319].
Letter from S.P. Rigaud to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-04-15
Concerning a copy of Bradley and Bliss's Observations for the Cape Observatory.
Letter from Stephen Lee to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-02-05
Concerning tables of logarithms by Mr Taylor.
Letter from T. Revis to Dr Thomas Young on an improvement in chronometers, 1827-06-22
Letter from T.G. Taylor to Dr Thomas Young, 1829-01-27
Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.
Letter from T.G. Taylor to Dr Thomas Young, 1829-01-30
Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.
Letter from the Dean of Carlisle to Dr Thomas Young, 1783 - 1823
Dated '6 Nov'.
Letter from Thomas Beverley to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-03-21
On finding the longitude by occultations of stars by the moon.