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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 June 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.409 (C: RI 572)
Summary:

Gratified by JH's 'sympathy and approbation,' and that JH's writing and spirit remain 'firm' and 'fresh.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Sept 1870
Source of text:
DAR 106: C3–4
Summary:

Sends CD proofs of a lecture he will give at Liverpool. Asks CD to check the part referring to him.

Élie de Beaumont’s remark, in which he requires CD to recant before being admitted to the [French] Academy, is intolerable. "This spirit has much to do with the present condition of France."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
3 December [1870?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.410 (C: RI 575)
Summary:

Thanks for suggestion-filled letter. Remarks on blue color of water.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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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
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Feb [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C5–6
Summary:

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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C7
Summary:

JT suggests that Ogle call upon him so that they can arrange experiments suitable for his purpose.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C8
Summary:

Has seen Ogle. His subject [olfactory nerve tissue and absorption of odours] has often occupied JT’s attention.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 June [1872]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C9
Summary:

Sends CD a copy of the memorial supporting Hooker’s case against A. S. Ayrton’s interference in the administration of Kew Gardens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
7 February [1873]
Source of text:
Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution: MSS 001486 A
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Apr [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C10
Summary:

William Spottiswoode was not at home, but JT sought out Herbert Spencer. Spencer will come with JT to see CD [about the Huxley fund].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Apr [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C11
Summary:

Is convinced that the "brotherly spirit of the transaction" will cause Huxley not to raise objections.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Apr 1873
Source of text:
DAR 106: C12
Summary:

W. G. Armstrong and T. H. Farrer have both contributed [to the Huxley fund].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Apr 1873
Source of text:
DAR 106: C13–14
Summary:

It is Huxley’s "duty to do what we wish him to do – his duty to his wife and children, his duty to us and to the world". Shares CD’s wish that Mrs [Henry] L[yell?] had not subscribed – it suggests the idea of an effort.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Apr 1873
Source of text:
DAR 106: C15
Summary:

[Sir Joseph?] Whitworth’s contribution brings total to over £2000. Wishes CD could be persuaded to come to lunch with Huxley and Emerson.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Aug 1874
Source of text:
DAR 106: C16
Summary:

Asks CD to look over those parts of the proofs of his Belfast address [Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): lxvi–xcvii] that mention CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Dec 1874
Source of text:
DAR 106: C17–18
Summary:

JT had not known Lady Lubbock was ill. Will try to persuade her [to change physicians]. Agrees Andrew Clark is best.

Hooker has survived his crisis [death of his wife].

St G. J. Mivart’s act is a natural outflow of his character.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Oct [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C19
Summary:

Asks whether he may send two or three other tubes [of boiled infusions] to be placed in the open and observed for him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Feb 1876
Source of text:
DAR 106: C20–1
Summary:

Tells CD of his engagement to Louisa, eldest daughter of Lord Claud Hamilton.

His investigations [into spontaneous generation] continue. He will deal with Bastian’s work [The modes of origin of lowest organisms (1871)].

The medical journals see that the end of the nonsense they have so long countenanced is nigh.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Feb 1876
Source of text:
John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, Ms. 84.2 (Box 3, Folder 39))
Summary:

JT will not quit the subject [of spontaneous generation] until light is let in on every cranny of the question.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Feb 1876
Source of text:
John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, Ms. 84.2 (Box 3, Folder 39))
Summary:

The teapot is exquisite. Louisa says to say "the gift is worthy of the giver. Nothing higher can be said."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project