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Tyndall1569

From:
John Tyndall
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Sunday morning
Source of text:
MS JT/5/16a/-, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

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

Herschel3177

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1852]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.383a (C: RI 497)
Summary:

Asks JH to keep memoirs JT sent with regard to JT's application for position at University of Sydney.

Contributor:
John Herschel 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

Herschel3336

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[27 July 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.383b (C: 23.176; C: RI 499)
Summary:

Thanks for papers on diamagnetism and lecture on 'slaty cleavage.' Compares with phenomenon of 'ringing coins' in mint. Explains with examples conformity of JT's views with JH's own on geological stratification. Praises simplicity yet completeness of JT's work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3439

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
[31 July 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.175 (C: RI 502)
Summary:

Clarifies letter on motion and structure modification of glaciers. JH thinks glacier ice unfavorable for exhibiting JT's phenomenon [see JT's 1856-7-30].

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

Herschel3571

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 November 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.382 (C: RI 494)
Summary:

Sends memoirs on magnetism of crystalline bodies. Notes that remarks on atomic mechanism of Iceland spar contrast with JH's views expressed in JH's Light.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3633

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 July 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.384 (C: RI 501)
Summary:

Agrees with and asks permission to publish JH's letter in the Philosophical Magazine. Is going to Switzerland and Tyrol, where hopes to see phenomenon of glacial descent [see JH's 1856-7-31].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3645

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 November 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.381 (C: RI 493)
Summary:

Letter in application for Professorship of Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry at University College, Sydney.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall0533

From:
Hermann Knoblauch
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Spt 20. 51.
Source of text:
MS JT/1/K/17, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0697

From:
Richard Carter
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
7 Jany, 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/C/61, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0698

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
9th January. 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/558; MS JT/1/HHTYP/224-6, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0699

From:
Margaret Allen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan 11th / 53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/69, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0700

From:
Margaret Allen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Tuesday Evening | Jan 11th/53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/70, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0701

From:
Margaret Allen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan. 14th./53
Source of text:
MS JT/1/A/71, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0702

From:
Henry Bence Jones
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan, 14. 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/J/37, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0703

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1010; MS JT/1/HTYP/226/1, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall0704

From:
Henry Bence Jones
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Janry 17. 1853
Source of text:
MS JT/1/J/38; MS JT/2/13b/596, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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