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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge expresses his enthusiasm for Fitzgerald to attend a ceremony, but notes that Fitzgerald should only come if it is convenient. He mentions that he meant…
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Page of equations possibly from another piece of correspondence.
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 21 Waverly Road, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge discusses plans for meetings held over three days. 1p.
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I think we must try and manage the [?] in 3 batches of 32 each Fri…
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I think we must try and manage the [?] in 3 batches of 32 each Fri…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge discusses scientific ideas regarding electromagnetic propagation and Ether. Lodge notes that he would like to read Fitzgerald's papers. The letter is incomplete.…
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Item of correspondence from GFF letters
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 17 Parkhurst Road, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge expresses his gratitude for Fitzgerald's comments on his book. He mentions a negative review he received and notes his sadness at the passing of…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge discusses scientific and mathematical topics including magnets and the Stokes number. He includes an equation and a diagram in the letter. 2pp.
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, arranging Fitzgerald's visit. 1p.
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I do hope you won't have to make such a rush of a visit. A room here is entering at your [d?].…
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I do hope you won't have to make such a rush of a visit. A room here is entering at your [d?].…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge asks Fitzgerald to look at his sheets on opacity of shift convection of Maxwell, which he will be including in his address to the Physical Society.…
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Largely illegible handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge notes that he hears Fitzgerald was appointed a Commissioner on Education. 1p.
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver lodge to George F. Fitzgerald, discussing plans to meet up. 1p.
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I think the date is Feb 4. I think its at 1 [l?] at 4pm. If this is wrong I wish you would drop in a postcard later on.…
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I think the date is Feb 4. I think its at 1 [l?] at 4pm. If this is wrong I wish you would drop in a postcard later on.…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge to George F. Fitzgerald, with several equations. Lodge refers to Volume II of the Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell. 2pp.
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge discusses his journey home from an event on the previous Sunday. 2pp.
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Back again after Sunday adventures. I found there was…
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Back again after Sunday adventures. I found there was…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 21 Waverly Road, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge discusses an report on Electrolysis and meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Studies. 1p.
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, discussing an experiment involving sending a beam of light through rock salt lenses and through a wound coil. The letter includes equations and a diagram. 1p.
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge discusses his games at the Hoylake Club in Liverpool and his plan to give a presidential address at the Physical Society of London.…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge is writing to arrange a meeting of the British Association of the Advancement of Science. He also discusses Michelson and Morley's experiment to detect the relative motion of…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge criticises the science journal, the Electrician, for not publishing Fitzgerald's letter and discusses future plans. He speculates whether William Thomas Kelvin and John William…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge to George F. Fitzgerald. The letter is partially illegible but Lodge is discussing a sensitive subject that he notes Silvanus Phillips Thompson is concerned about. He offers for Arthur Prince Chattock to make…
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Largely illegible handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, on the subject of an abstract of a paper written by the physicist William Sutherland. 1p.
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge discusses the physics theories regarding propagation of longitudinal waves. He mentions the physicists J.J. Thomson, James Clerk Maxwell, Philipp Lenard…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 21 Waverley Road, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzpatrick, divided into three parts. In one part, Lodge discusses money that Fitzgerald owes. In the second part, Lodge hopes that a report on an exam will be…
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Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald. Lodge discusses scientific equipment such as a microscope, a lamp, an oscillator and a radiation detector. 2pp.
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Yes I'd like your…
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Handwritten letter from Katie Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written from the Preston home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin on behalf of her husband, Thomas Preston. He is unable to attend the upcoming meeting of the Council of the…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 22 November 1899. Preston writes from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he is recovering from illness and was not allowed to receive…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin, and dated 20 April 1896. He wrote that he had enclosed a note written on 18 March when he was in Skibbereen. The…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written from Skibbereen, County Cork and dated 18 March 1896. He writes about hypothetical scientific experiments, spectrum analysis, ether, and calculations. He describes experimental…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald about scientific theorems. The letter’s masthead is from the Portarlington Arms Hotel of Corcoran’s, Roscrea. Preston thanks Fitzgerald for his letter about Dr G. Johnstone Stoney’s…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald. Preston writes from the Inns of Court Hotel Limited, London [entrances: High Hilborn and Lincoln’s End Fields]. He thanks Fitzgerald for his help and sympathy during their “great…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to RDS Librarian Dr A. J. Foord, written from his home at Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. Preston writes that he encloses the manuscript of his paper about Radiation Phenomena, which he describes…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald about Fitzgerald’s upcoming scientific experiment. Preston writes from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He intends to visit the laboratory the next day to…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald. Preston wrote from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He thanks Fitzgerald for sending a cheque for £25, which he intends to send to Yeats [possibly referring to…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. Preston writes that he has returned from a tour in the country and received his card, which contained "acceptable…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written from Tilbrush, Smith’s Hotel, and dated 24 April 1896. Preston addresses his “objections” about a scientific theory he had discussed. He discusses the effects of…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 28 November 1898, on paper from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he is unable to meet Fitzgerald for dinner because he will be in…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 24 November 1898, on paper from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he has successfully replaced the quartz lens with a glass lens,…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 21 November 1898, on paper from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he saw a reference to Cotton’s ideas in the [Complete Reader?]…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 21 September 1898, on paper from the University Club, London. He writes that he is pleased that Fitzgerald could not follow Right’s explanation for the fact that “no…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on [18?] November 1898, on paper from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he looked up the Astro Physics Journal and found a photograph. He…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 2 September 1898, on paper, from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. Preston writes that he had “half-hoped” that Fitzpatrick had returned home and…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 25 June 1898, on paper, from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes about his plans to use iron in experiments about the Zeeman effect when he…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 19 June 1898 from the Hotel Metropole, London. He writes that he has enclosed the scientific paper sent by Fitzgerald. He doubts that its “new” statements are “true”…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 13 February 1899 [location not printed]. Preston writes about a scientific paper by Becquerel [probably referring to Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel, a French physicist], which…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 15 March 1898 from the Club House Hotel, County Kilkenny. He writes that he is sending the Astro Physics paper to the College for Fitzgerald to read. Preston read…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 11 June 1896. The paper’s masthead is from his home at Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he has enclosed a copy of the paper, titled “the more you…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 6 February 1898. He thanked Fitzgerald for sending him a card which contained information about the Bismuth Spiral. He writes that he has sent the negatives to Philosophy…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 23 January 1898. Preston wrote from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin, about his scientific experiments. He thanks Fitzgerald for his letter and states that…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 4 January 1898. Preston wrote from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He describes a successful experiment involving pieces of wire enclosed in and…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 18 January 1898. Preston wrote from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He tells Fitzpatrick is writing to the Swan Electric Engraving people to arrange for…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 2 January 1898. Preston wrote from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He thanks Fitzgerald for his letter and reference to a paper by Lorentz [Hendrik…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald dated 24 November 1897. Preston writes from the Imperial Hotel, Waterford. He thanks Fitzgerald for his suggestions. He writes that he has sent three small plates and a short letter to…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 22 November 1897. He writes that Zeeman’s theories are relevant to their discussions and cites a passage from last March’s issue of Philosophy magazine, about ion motion and…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 7 July 1897. Preston writes from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he is pleased that Dr Stoney is “coming round” in his opinions and…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 16 February 1897. Preston writes from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He responds to Fitzgerald’s statements about Stoney, who covers the limitations…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 13 January 1897. Preston writes from Grand Central, Belfast. He “hunted” for Fievez’s paper in the Royal Dublin Society Archives and found it. This theory was criticised by…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 1 July 1896. The paper’s masthead is from his home at Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. Preston writes that if Fitzgerald agrees to print his paper in Philosophy…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 9 January 1897. Preston writes from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He describes his recent note for the RS [Royal Society?], which he has expanded by…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 5 January 1899. Preston writes from Grand Central Hotel, Belfast. Preston writes that he has sent the first proof of his article to Philosophy magazine. He describes the notes he…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 23 August [probably 1896, since its contents are referenced in GFF 11/6]. The paper’s masthead is from Preston’s home at Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 3 September 1896. The paper’s masthead is from Preston’s home at Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. Preston and his wife thank Fitzgerald and his wife for sending a…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to Frederick Thomas Trouton, dated 8 September 1890. The letter is written from 22 Trinity College, Dublin. Preston responds to Trouton’s letter by saying he would be glad to assist him in his work. He would…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 12 February 1897. The paper’s masthead is from Preston’s home at Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. Preston thanks Fitzgerald for his recent letter. He accepts his…
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Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 12 March 1899. The paper’s masthead is from Preston’s home at Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He has recently returned from a tour. He lists the committee…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to William Francis, dated 20 July 1852. Tyndall informs Francis he is going to the Isle of Wright for two or three days and will correct any papers he sends him on his return. 2 pp.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. The letter contains a scathing review of the work of “Woodhead” which Tyndall describes as “perfect nonsense.” 3pp.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. The letter contains Tyndall’s recommendations for papers for Francis’ publication, comments on magnetic tables to be included and mentions a three day trip on an island. Sent from…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis, explaining why he couldn’t see him while in town last. The letter also mentions a lecture by Sr. Edward Frankland, which he attended and thought of “favourably.” He also asks to be…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. This letter mainly features Tyndall’s thoughts on the papers to be added to the next edition of the magazine. Contributors include Helmholtz, Bunsen, Knoblauch and Clausius. 3pp.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. His letter mentions a paper by Richard Adie, which he recommends be given a prominent place in a future publication. He also sends his greetings to Francis’ father Mr. Taylor, who Francis…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. Tyndall asks Francis to send him some writings which detail performances of Peltier’s experiments. He also mentions a request from Bence Jones to translate some of Liebig’s work and to…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. The letter mentions Rev. John Barlow, Secretary of the Royal Institute, organising for Tyndall to give a lecture in the coming February. 2pp.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. In the letter he mentions sending translations of works by Clausius, Bunsen and Helmholz. He also requests to be sent twelve prospectuses for the Scientific Memoir. 4pp.
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. In the letter, Tyndall says he has adopted Francis’ “plan” and has gotten “a boy” to write for him. As this is mentioned in the context of a printer, it is likely one of his papers.…
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. The letter contains comments on various papers including that of Tyndall’s, Helmholz and an extensive discussion of the work of a Reuben. The letter also includes Tyndall’s sympathies for…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. In the letter he mentions sending translations of works by Clausius, Bunsen and Helmholz. He also requests to be sent some prospectuses for the Scientific Memoirs.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. In the letter he discusses the editing of articles in the paper and translations he has done. He also recommends a paper by Ferdinand Reich for inclusion in the magazine as his…
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. Contains editorial comments about various papers including those by Adie, Phillips and Reuben. 4pp.
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. This letter contains some editors notes to be added to an article by Dove in the Philosophical Magazine 1852. 1pp.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. Tyndall sends Francis an anonymous article by a ‘duBois’ alongside the work of Michael Donovan for inclusion in next month’s issue of the Philosophical Magazine. He also includes the…
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. The main bulk of the letter contains Tyndall’s attempt to bolster Francis's spirit, who, in a previous letter stated he “was almost used up.” He encourages him to persevere and to have…
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. He suggests H H de Sénarmont’s work from the Annales de Chimie 3 xxxiii 391 as a worthwhile addition to the Scientific Memoirs they are compiling. He offers to split the cost with Francis if…
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. In this short note, Tyndall asks Francis to look over the work sent alongside the letter and to return it with his thoughts “quickly”. He asks him particularly to check the punctuation and…
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Incomplete pages from a handwritten letter by John Tyndall, likely to William Francis. In this section, he mentions two lectures he will give in Romsey and Southampton on “optics illustrated by electric light.” He also mentions Dionysius Lardner…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. In the letter, Tyndall expresses his concerns around the value placed on translations and the opinion around the magazine. He also apologises for the quality of the letter due to his…
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. In the letter he calls F. M Scwerd’s Beugungserscheinungen a “splendid work.” He thinks it would be good to publish in English but it is very long with many plates. He says he will write…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. Includes transcription of a letter he received in French from J.G.S Van Breda. Tyndall also mentions how his ill health is affecting his ability to work.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. Tyndall complains at length about the ongoing works produced by Reuben Philips on a jet of steam. He also speaks about translating a work by Schwerd which he feels would be valuable to…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to William Francis, dated 28 October 1853. Tyndall copied into the letter to Francis a letter he received the previous day (27 October 1853) from George Wynne, where Wynne expresses his regret at Tyndall’s…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. He makes vague comments possibly to do with the inclusion of a paper by Alexander Adie, which he does not view favourably. 2pp.
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Handwritten letter to William Francis from John Tyndall. In this letter Tyndall thanks him for his opinion on a reply he wrote to a paper by Alexander Adie. He claims it saved him from an “unintended mistake.” He goes on to share his opinion of…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. Tyndall asks for a copy of Lardener’s handbook of Natural Philosophy, chemicals and a prism to be acquired and sent to him. The letter contains a diagram and notes regarding the…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis.The letter seems to insinuate a debate between several parties including Debois, Adamson and Thomson regarding their opinions on a paper by “Gladstone.” 3pp.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. In this short note, Tyndall asks Francis to send him a pamphlet regarding J. E Dent’s Aneroid Barometer. 1pp.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. The contents of the letter detail Tyndall’s critical feedback on a physics paper written by a Dr (Thomas) Woods. He makes 7 points, referencing specific paragraphs that he does not agree…
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Portion of letter to unknown recipient (likely William Francis) from John Tyndall. In the letter Tyndall mentions the publishing of a prospectus and the suitability of an accompanying preface. He says he will write it but If the recipient needs it…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. Tyndall sends his “own pen copy” of paper by Sondhauss on the Refraction of Sound along with the note.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr. William Francis. Tyndall asks Francis to enclose the contents of the letter with the magazines he distributes to various persons unnamed. 2pp.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. In the letter he makes several requests of Francis, including purchasing a copy of John Herschel’s paper on sound from the Encyclopedia Metropolitana for him. He also asks to be sent the…
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. In the letter he mentions receiving a translated copy of H. G. Magnus’ work from Berlin and hopes to also receive one of Wiederman’s soon. He encloses a letter to be addressed to A.…
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