Friday.
My dear Tom
I am sure you will be glad to hear that your friend M. Poinsot was yesterday elected a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society. I lose no time in letting you know this, so that you, if you like, may be the first to communicate the intelligence to him
affectionately yours | J. Tyndall
RI MS JT/1/T/644
RI MS JT/1/HTYP/512
[14 May 1858]: the date is given by the addition of ‘May 14 / 58.’ on the letter, presumably written by Hirst.
Please cite as “Tyndall1519,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on