5 St. George’s Terrace, Ryde I. W.1 | September 8th. /62
Sir,
Will you kindly excuse the liberty I am taking in writing to you these lines?2
I have lately finished a few pages of M[anu]m. Scr[iptu]m.3 with a view of submitting it for publication in the Phil[osophic]al. Mag[azi]ne.; but am afraid its contents will have to undergo some linguistic correction, at the hands of a person better competent than myself, for to be fit to appear before the public. I, in consequence, venture to address to you Sir, as an editor of the Magazine, beforehand the question whether it would be too bold to expect to be obliged in the matter in question on the part of its managers or contributors: Professor Stokes who had offered me his kind services being now, I believe, abroad in Ireland, whilst other’s good offices are not now within my reach, and I am anxious to see my paper published, if possible, with the next (October) number of your valuable journal.
I have the honour to be | Sir | Your most obed[ie]nt. serv[an]t. | C. K. Akin | from Hungary
Professor Tyndall, Fell[o]w. Roy[a]l. Soc[iet]y. | &c &c &c
CUL SC MS Add.7656/A615
Ryde I. W.: Ryde, Isle of Wight.
these lines?: this is the first correspondence between Akin and Tyndall (other letters between them are 2075, 2076, 2077, 2165, 2167, and 2170). They quickly fell out over their respective researches, beginning another long-lasting and acrimonious dispute which reverberates throughout several other letters as well. For further discussion of the priority dispute between Tyndall and Akin, see the introduction to this volume and the forthcoming ninth volume of The Correspondence of John Tyndall.
M[anu]m. Scr[iptu]m.: written by hand (Latin).
Please cite as “Tyndall1925,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on