Royal Institution | 27th Dec. 1855.
My dear Sir,
The people at Red Lion Court1 thoughtlessly forwarded your letter2 to me without opening it, and thus lost the post which you saved. I took it back immediately and urged Francis strongly to publish it. This however he declares to be impossible this month. He may change his mind.3
I think the letter will pleasantly close the discussion, and if I have anything else to write about which I expect to have – I think the most satisfactory plan would be to write privately at first, & afterwards we could publish or not publish just as we thought necessary.4 I have something to say with regard to the law of movement from stronger to weaker places of force & vice versa in the magnetic field; but at present I am too busy to take the matter up.
Wishing you many happy returns of the Season | Believe me | Most truly Yours | John Tyndall
RI MS JT/1/5/1549
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Red Lion Court: the premises of Taylor & Francis, publishers of Phil. Mag.
your letter: letter 1176.
He may change his mind: letter 1176 appeared in the January 1856 number of Phil. Mag. and not in December 1855.
as we thought necessary: Thomson does not appear to have responded to this suggestion.
Please cite as “Tyndall1178,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on