Sir.
The duties of an Examiner of Candidates for the Artillery and Engineers2 are, in my estimation, of so responsible a character, and the labour necessary to the efficient discharge of those duties (especially with such a number of candidates as may be expected to present themselves next June) is so great, that I feel compelled in reply to your letter of yesterday3 to state that I am not prepared to undertake the examination in Experimental Science for a remuneration of £25.4
I write thus with regret, and I would avail myself of this last opportunity to thank Lord Panmure5 for the great consideration which I have experienced at his Lordship’s hands; and to express at the same time my earnest conviction that were the resources of Experimental Science in relation to military matters better understood, they would be more highly appreciated than they now appear to be.
I am Sir | Your obedient servant | John Tyndall
RI MS JT/2/13c/927
RI MS JT/2/7/424–5
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