Ɛpsilon

To Michael Faraday   18th April 1855

Royal Institution | 18th April 1855

My dear Mr Faraday

You can hardly estimate how I prize your gift.1 My highest ambition at the present moment is to work until I shall be able to present you with a volume worthy of your acceptance. If the head holds out2 I hope to accomplish this – if not it will be my sweetest consolation to reflect that you have not thought me unworthy of your kindness.

Ever yours affectionately | John Tyndall

RI MS Conybeare Album, f. 3

Faraday Correspondence, 4:2974

1

your gift: The third volume of Faraday’s ERE, which had just been published by R. & J. E. Taylor.

2

If the head holds out: Tyndall had repeatedly suffered severe headaches.

Please cite as “Tyndall1069,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall1069