From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
13th Janry 1865
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/239; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1398, RI
Summary:
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Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Encloses published letter of 20 Dec. 1864 from JH to editors of Philosophical Magazine and Journal concerning Charles Babbage, who 'revived this miserable subject' of 1826 dispute between W. H. Wollaston and Humphry Davy regarding Babbage's candidacy for R.S.L. secretaryship.