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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
6 January 1871
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46439 ff. 67-68
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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Has devised a respirator for firemen by moistening cotton wool with glycerine and adding charcoal. JT suggests the nose with its hairs and mucus is a respirator that would give protection against diseases caused by floating particles. The presence of hair and mucus is thus explained by CD’s theory.
JT suggests that Ogle call upon him so that they can arrange experiments suitable for his purpose.
Has seen Ogle. His subject [olfactory nerve tissue and absorption of odours] has often occupied JT’s attention.