Paris 14 Juillet 1860
Cher Monsieur,
Je serai très heureux de présenter votre livre à la Société philomathique, veuillez donc me l’envoyer et je tâcherai, après en avoir pris connaissance, ce que m’intéressera beaucoup, de donner sur son contenu toutes les explications que je pourrai.
Ruhmkorff qui vous a envoyé dernièrement un appareil devait se charger de vous faire parvenir le second volume de mon traité de physique. Il l’a oublié mais je le tiens à votre disposition si vous avez une occasion pour le faire prendre. Si non je vous l’enverrai par la poste.
Veuillez me croire cher Monsieur. | votre bien dévoué | J. Jamin
Paris, July 14th 1860
Dear Sir,
I would be very glad to present your book2 to the Philomatic Society,3 please send it to me and I will try, after reading it, which would be of great interest to me, to give on its contents all the explanations I can.
Ruhmkorff, who recently sent you a device, should have forwarded you the second volume of my treatise on physics.4 He forgot it but I am keeping it at your disposal, if you have an opportunity to take it. If not, I will send it to you by mail.
Please believe me, dear Sir. | Your much devoted | J. Jamin
RI MS JT/1/J/7
Jules Jamin: Jules Célestin Jamin (1818–86), French physicist. He was professor of physics at the École Polytechnique from 1852 to 1881 and received the Rumford Medal in 1858 for his work on light. Tyndall corresponded with Jamin, whom he met in Paris in 1855 and became a good friend, over many years.
your book: Glaciers of the Alps, see also letter 1595, n. 4. Tyndall’s letter, presumably offering this gift, is missing.
Philomatic Society: The Société Philomathique de Paris, a prestigious scientific and philosophical society, was founded on 10 December 1788 by Augustin-François de Silvestre. Members have included Lavoisier, Laplace, Cuvier, Gay-Lussac, Ampère, Cauchy, Fresnel, and Pasteur.
second volume of my treatise on physics: J. Jamin, Cours de physique de l'École polytechnique, Tome I (Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1859). Jamin’s classic textbook of physics was published in four volumes from 1858, and revised in several editions.
Please cite as “Tyndall1721,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on