Royal Institution
Dear Dr. Tyndall
Can you not come up to us for an hour or two (now we are all pretty well) and give us the pleasure of your company? to day will suit us, or to morrow if you like it better—come to tea or at tea time, and you shall have your choice of a slice of beef or a mutton chop with it. I would say come at our dinner time 2.30. but that does not suit you so well and we do not get such a nice time for chat, but at any rate come, and believe me
Very sincerely yours | S. Faraday | Thursday Dec 17th.
RI MS JT/1/TYP/12/4167
Faraday Correspondence, 6:4732u
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[1857]: in the published Faraday correspondence, this letter is given as either 1857 or 1863 (in those years, 17 December fell on a Thursday). LT’s note in the typescript suggests 1857 would be more likely: ‘before 1860 (when they were at Hampton Court)’.
Please cite as “Tyndall1469,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on