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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
8 February 1867
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46439 ff. 13-14
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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Asks whether Michael Faraday's work with glass resulted in improved manufacturing or if rather its main scientific value was in discovery of diamagnetism.
Believes Michael Faraday's boro-silicate of lead has not been used for telescopes, but JH and others have tried using it for other optical purposes. Describes method for producing veinless flint glass.