From James David Forbes   24 Feb 1854

Clifton | Bristol | 24 Feb 1854

My Dear Sir

I have just received a sheet of the Royal Society’s Proceedings which contains just enough of the commencement of a paper of yours on the Vibration of Metals,¹ to show that you have obtained results in some respects very different from those which I published long ago.² I never was well satisfied with that paper of mine. Though the experiments were made with due deliberation, the composition of the paper took place I recollect under the pressure of a very arduous engagement which prevented me from resuming the subject as I hoped to do.

I shall be particularly obliged if you will give me an early opportunity of becoming acquainted with your results.

I remain dear Sir | Yours faithfully | James D Forbes

D^r Tyndall

RI MS JT/1/F/30

RI MS JT/1/TYP/12/3940