Royal Institution | 26th Jan. 1861
Dear Sir,
I have been so extremely busy of late that I had no time to reply to your note2—I am much obliged to you for the offer of the old machine,3 which I shall be glad to refer to in one of my lectures.
Very truly yours | John Tyndall
Science Museum, London T/1876–39
[Benjamin Ward Richardson]: probably Benjamin Ward Richardson (1828–96). This note was found at the Science Museum, London, attached to an electrical machine purportedly belonging to Benjamin Franklin, donated by ‘Dr Richardson FRS’ in 1876. From January to April 1861, Tyndall gave 12 lectures on Electricity at the Royal Institution.
your note: letter missing.
the old machine: see n. 1.
Please cite as “Tyndall1763,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on