Paper, 'Remarks on the advantage of multiplied observations in the physical sciences, and on the density and internal structure of the earth' by Thomas Young in a letter to Capt Henry Kater
Reference number: PT/13/6
Date: 29 December 1818
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Includes postscript with corrections written by Young at a later date.
Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Remarks on the probabilities of error in physical observations, and on the density of the earth, considered, especially with regard to the reduction of experiments on the pendulum. In a letter to Capt. Henry Kater, F. R. S. By Thomas Young, M. D. For. Sec. R. S'.
Written by Young at Welbeck Street, London. Read 21 January 1819.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.
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- PT/13/6
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- 29 December 1818
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- Ink on paper
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- 27 pages
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- Manuscript
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Thomas Young, Paper, 'Remarks on the advantage of multiplied observations in the physical sciences, and on the density and internal structure of the earth' by Thomas Young in a letter to Capt Henry Kater, 29 December 1818, PT/13/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_13_6/paper-remarks-on-the-advantage-of-multiplied-observations-in-the-physical-sciences-and-on-the-density-and-internal-structure-of-the-earth-by-thomas-young-in-a-letter-to-capt-henry-kater, accessed on 24 June 2025
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Remarks on the probabilities of error in physical observations, and on the density of the Earth, considered, especially with regard to the reduction of experiments on the pendulum. In a letter to Capt. Henry Kater, F. R. S. By Thomas Young, M. D. For. Sec. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1819
October 1818 - July 1819 Reference number: PT/13
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