Woolwich July 12 | ‘52
My dear Sir,
I return you Lord Dunraven’s note,1 as you may wish to have it again – I own that I was surprised at Capt Wynne’s supposition2 that Lord Dunraven had any voice in the matter – but I wrote nevertheless.
I thank you for the quotation from Poggendorff.3 I had just heard to the same effect by a letter from M. de Humboldt.– and further that the Kremsmunster [1 word illeg.] Tower4 observations show the decennial period also.
Sincerely yours | Edward Sabine
RI MS JT/1/S/13
Lord Dunraven’s note: Dunraven’s reply to Sabine (see letter 0636).
Capt. Wynne’s supposition: Wynne advised Tyndall to write to Sabine, so Sabine could write to Lord Dunraven regarding Tyndall’s interest in the position. See letter 0636, n. 3. Wynne also wrote to Dunraven, who replied that he had no influence and could not be of use (Journal, 12–18 July 1852, JT/2/13b/576).
quotation from Poggendorff: not identified, but probably a reference to the works by P. A. Reslhuber or J. Lamont published in Poggend. Annal. concerning the decennial period in magnetic phenomena. See letters 0647, n. 1 and 0649, n. 1.
Kremsmunster … Tower: the observatory (built 1749–56), also known as the ‘Mathematical Tower’, at Kremsmünster Abbey in the town of Kremsmünster, east of Salzburg in northern Austria (see also letter 0647, n. 1).
Please cite as “Tyndall0644,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0644