My dear Francis
Should your thoughts turn towards Finsbury circus on Wednesday next2 the enclosed card3 will open your way to the theatre. The doors are thrown open at 7½oC.4 and lecture commences at 8.
Be good enough to put Henfrey’s address5 on the enclosed6 and have it posted for me.
I have got the translation of Magnus’ paper from Berlin7 and hope soon to have that of Wiedemann8
You did not send me the address of Mr Brook9
ever yours | J Tyndall
10th Mar.
If you would like another card or two let me know
RDS 27/7
10 March [1853]: although there is no year listed in the date of this letter, the mention of Magnus and Wiedemann also place the letter in March 1853.
Finsbury circus on Wednesday next: reference to Tyndall’s upcoming 16 March lecture at the LI (see letters 0722, n. 4; 0725, n. 7; and 0726, n. 9), which was located on Finsbury Circus.
enclosed card: not identified. Presumably it is the ticket or invitation necessary to gain entry to his lecture on 16 March.
7½oC.: 7:30 pm.
Henfrey’s address: Arthur Henfrey (1819–59), a botanist and lecturer at the medical school of St George’s Hospital. Along with Huxley, Henfrey edited the Natural History volume of the Scientif. Mem. (A. Henfrey and T. H. Huxley [eds.], Scientif. Mem.: Natural History [London: Taylor and Francis, 1853]).
the enclosed: see n. 3.
Magnus’ paper from Berlin: see letter 0713, n. 14.
Wiedemann: see letters 0698, n. 18; 0713, n. 15; and 0727, n. 11.
Mr Brook: Charles Brooke (see letter 0725, n. 3).
Please cite as “Tyndall0731,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on