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DCP-LETT-2046

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
4 Feb [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 261.8: 2 (EH 88205940)
Summary:

CD is "as ignorant of mechanics as a pig", but glaciers have interested him greatly. Hopes to hear that JT’s experiments with ice will explain the freezing together of ice below the freezing point.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3303

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.387 (C: RI 504)
Summary:

Remarks on physical properties of ice and their bearing on glacial phenomena. Asks for help inventing term for idea of 'fracture and renewal' of glacial bendings.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3566

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.385 (C: RI 503)
Summary:

Sends sketch of lecture on structure and motion of glaciers. Wants to conduct experiments on physical properties of ice, and applying polarized light. Beyond paper, is interested in cleavage of ice.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3567

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[17 March 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.386
Summary:

Thanks for lecture on glacier cleavage. Wonders how 'regelation' occurs when two masses of ice at 32° are placed in contact.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1312

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
6th. Jan.
Source of text:
HP 8:25; MS JT/1/TYP/9/2877, IC; RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1313

From:
Henry Moseley
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7 Jan 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/3/901, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1314

From:
Lyon Playfair
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7 day of Jany 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/115; MS JT/1/TYP/3/982-3, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1315

From:
Henry Moseley
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
9 January
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/3/902, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1316

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Janry 11th 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/485-6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1317

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Richard Dawes
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/319, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1318

From:
Joseph Plateau
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
15 Janvier 1857.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/88, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1319

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
16th Dec Jan. 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/636, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1320

From:
Mary E. Lyell
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/L/61; MS JT/1/TYP/3/844, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1321

From:
Edward Frankland
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan. 22/57
Source of text:
MS JT/1/F/46, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1322

From:
William Frederick Pollock
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
24th. Jan. 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/225; MS JT/1/TYP/6/1893, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1323

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Frederick Pollock
Date:
Saturday night
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1257; MS JT/1/TYP/6/1894, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1324

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
26th January 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/637; MS JT/1/HTYP/488-9, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1325

From:
Jules Lissajous
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
29 Janvier 1857
Source of text:
MS JT/1/L/24, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1326

From:
Heinrich Debus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan. 31. 1857.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/7/2418-19, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1327

From:
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
31 Januar 1857.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/21, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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