To William Francis   25th July

Queenwood 25th July

My Dear Francis

I return Lamont:1 the reason why I recommended its insertion is that I knew Sabine2 & others will take great interest in the matter, particularly in the remark which he makes regarding temperature at the Conclusion. the other paper3 is a natural accompaniment and therefore I recommended both to go together. Next month I imagine will do quite well.

I quite accord with your notion regarding Mr Gore – send him his paper4 by all means – the sentiment contained in the line ‘Men rush in where angels fear to tread’ often occurs to me on reading such productions as that of Gore to you – ‘to shew a connexion between gravity, heat & electricity!’ easily said Mr Gore; but I would recommend you to hood me the subject for the next half century (if you live so long) before you trouble the world with your notions of the matter.

In these magnetic papers5 the tables appear to me to be the only things of permanent value I don’t think it would be well to shorten them –

I got home from the Island6 last night with a face as red as a Chippewaw savage – this morning the skin is all scaling away – I spent three days on the island to the manifest profit of my health – and shall begin immediately to apply the face which I gathered there. Sincerely yours J Tyndall

RDS 27/12

1

return Lamont: J. Lamont, ‘Addenda to the Investigation on the Decennial Period in the Magnitude of the Daily Motion of the Magnetic Needle’, Phil. Mag., 4:23 (August 1852), pp. 145–6 (translated from Poggend. Annal., 86:5 (1852), pp. 88–90).

2

Sabine: see letter 0644.

3

other paper: probably the paper by Reslhuber (see letter 0647, n. 1), though it did not appear until September.

4

Gore … his paper: not identified, but perhaps George Gore (1826–1908), elected FRS in 1865. From 1853 he published articles on electrolysis and heat in the Phil. Mag. and other journals.

5

magnetic papers: presumably the papers by Lamont and Reslhuber.

6

the Island: Isle of Wight (see letter 0648).

Please cite as “Tyndall0649,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0649