[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from W. G. Bond],
Title
[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from W. G. Bond],
Creator
Date
Identifier
GFF 15/39
Description
Handwritten letter from W. G. Bond, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, E. C., London, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 13th November 1896. Bond discusses his conversation at the Institution of Electrical Engineers. 1p.
Transcription:
"Dear Prof. Fitzgerald.
I live in hopes of seeing a diplomatic draw from you in time for next issue.
Last night at the Institution of Electrical Engineers I was engaged for nearly half an hour in an interesting conversation with the great man; he was geniality x10?
He was extremely pained at the receipt of several "indecent" epistles from "mathematicians". I wonder if one of them comes from Dublin? He also glories greatly in his victory over the - gentlemen in inverted commas. Theirs ignorance... [a?] me, t'is something amazing!
Yours very truly
W. G. Bond"
Transcription:
"Dear Prof. Fitzgerald.
I live in hopes of seeing a diplomatic draw from you in time for next issue.
Last night at the Institution of Electrical Engineers I was engaged for nearly half an hour in an interesting conversation with the great man; he was geniality x10?
He was extremely pained at the receipt of several "indecent" epistles from "mathematicians". I wonder if one of them comes from Dublin? He also glories greatly in his victory over the - gentlemen in inverted commas. Theirs ignorance... [a?] me, t'is something amazing!
Yours very truly
W. G. Bond"
Source
RDS Library and Archives GFF collection of letters
Rights
Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
Relation
RDS Science Archive
Format
Manuscript
Language
English
Type
Coverage
1870-1901
Collection
Citation
Bond, W. G. , “[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from W. G. Bond],,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 20, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/979.