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From George Biddell Airy   1857 May 8

London S.E. | 1857 May 8

My dear Sir

I will most gladly avail myself of your kind arrangement1 for Tuesday morning May 12. And if you will permit me, I will bring with me my friend Professor Gautier2 of Geneva.3 He has arrived in England within two days, and I have but just now seen him. —He is not a practical electrician, but is generally informed on the whole subject, and his acquaintance with De La Rive will make the experiments interesting to him.

I am, my dear Sir, | Yours very truly | GB Airy

Professor Tyndall

RGO MS.RGO 6/471.171

RI MS JT/1/TYP/1/21

1

your kind arrangement: see letter 1391, n. 1.

2

Professor Gautier: Jean-Alfred Gautier (1793–1881), a Swiss astronomer and professor of astronomy and mathematics at University of Geneva (HLS).

3

Geneva: see letter 1294, n. 3.

Please cite as “Tyndall1393,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall1393