War Office Pall Mall S.W. 17th April 1857
Sir,
It having been found necessary to reduce the number of gentlemen employed to examine candidates for admission into the Royal Artillery Academy2 and also the rates of remuneration which they receive I am directed to request that you will acquaint me for the information of Lord Panmure3 whether you are prepared to undertake the examination on Experimental and Natural Sciences, in June next, with a remuneration of £254 in conjunction with Mr Huxley
I am | Sir | Your obedient servant | H. R. Drewry
RI MS JT/2/13c/927
RI MS JT/2/7/423–4
Henry Drewry: Henry Runciman Drewry (1801–86), a clerk in the War Department.
Royal Artillery Academy: from 1856–7, Tyndall wrote and graded examinations in scientific topics for commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. See letter 1306, n. 2.
Lord Panmure: Fox Maule-Ramsay.
a remuneration of £25: Tyndall did not agree with this decrease in pay, and thus resigned as examiner. See letter 1376 for his response to the War Department.
Please cite as “Tyndall1375,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on