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To George Biddell Airy   28th. Jan. 1859

28th. Jan. 1859

My dear Sir.

I am extremely obliged to you for both your notes.1

The case2 has arrived & I hope its contents will be turned to good account.

I have forwarded your note3 to Ipswich4—if the rotating frame reach me any time before Wednesday next it will be quite early enough.

Thank you very much for your kindness

believe me | most sincerely yours | John Tyndall

RGO MS.RGO 6/408.386

1

both your notes: letter 1585, and possibly 1584 (from Robert Main).

2

case: presumably this case contained part of Airy’s Cavendish model (see letter 1585).

3

your note: a note from Airy to ‘Messrs. Ransomes Sims’ (see letter 1585, n. 7).

4

Ipswich: see letter 1582, n. 1.

Please cite as “Tyndall1586,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall1586