Greenwich Hospital | 13th Oct. 1855.
My dear Sir,
I shall feel greatly obliged to you if you will let me know whether you have done anything towards the article for the 3rd. Book1 viz ‘Undulatory Motion and Sound’ I am under the impression that after I wrote to you from Edinburgh2 you commenced the ‘Article’ and I trust by this time it is completed, as the sale of the first two Vols. encourages me to bring out the Third Vol. immediately – I have all the Articles for this Vol. in type except yours and Dr. Frankland’s.
I enclose a re-set-up of the ‘Broad Sheet’ from which you will see that there are no less than 25 different contributors to the first two Vols.3 Your wishes expressed in your last note4 shall be attended to – hoping to hear from you shortly
Believe me | Yours faithfully | E. Hughes.
Dr. Tyndall, F.R.S.
RI MS JT/1/2/649
LT Typescript Only
the 3rd. Book: Tyndall contributed a chapter on natural philosophy covering ‘Undulatory Motion’ and ‘Sound’ to E. Hughes (ed), Reading Lessons, Advanced Series. Third Book (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1856), pp. 238–66.
I wrote to you from Edinburgh: letter missing.
‘Broad Sheet’ … first two Vols: missing. However, the list of contributors to all five volumes of Reading Lessons bound into some copies contains nearly fifty names.
your last note: note missing.
Please cite as “Tyndall1146,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on