Die scharfsinnigen und zugleich gründlichen Arbeiten von Herrn John Tyndall sind mir wohl bekannt, und es kann mir daher nur sehr erfreulich sein wenn er mich Montag um 2 Uhr mit seinem Besuch beehren wollte
Mit der innigsten Hochachtung
Ihr Gehorsamster A. V. Humboldt.
Sonnabend
RI MS JT/2/6/59
JT Transcript
The astute and at the same time thorough works of Mr John Tyndall are well-known to me, and it would therefore be a great pleasure if he honoured me with his visit on Monday at 2 o’clock.2
With high esteem
Your | most obedient | A. V. Humboldt.
Saturday
[24 May 1851]: Tyndall received this letter on Sunday 25 May 1851 and copied it into his Journal that day (JT/2//6/59). Humboldt wrote on Saturday (see bottom of letter), that is, 24 May.
Monday: Tyndall described the meeting in his journal entry for Monday, 26 May (JT/2/13b/544) and in letter 0489 (to Faraday).
Please cite as “Tyndall0487,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0487