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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. Letter contains a discussion of translation work for the Scientific Memoirs and a proposal to share publication costs. Tyndall also mentions works by Sénarment, Bunsen and Wiedemann.
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Handwritten letter from John Tyndall to Dr William Francis. Tyndall mentions his search for David Brewster’s “sky investigations” as part of his reading into Charles Whetstone’s polar clock invention. He also mentions the maker of 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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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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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 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. 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 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 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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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