[1862]: the year is given by reference to ‘tomorrow (Friday)’. 12 September fell on a Friday in 1862 but no other year in the 1860s. Also, Tyndall and Hirst shared accommodation at 14 Waverley Place from June 1861 until 25 January 1868.
We: Tyndall and Thomas Hirst lived together (see n. 1).
South Kensington payments: in 1859, Tyndall became an Examiner for Science for the Department of Science and Art (sometimes Science and Art Department) at the South Kensington Museum. He had arranged for Debus, and from 1862 Hirst, to grade examinations for him. This British government department, a subdivision of the Board of Trade, was responsible for promoting education, art, science, technology, and design in Britain and Ireland (from 1853–99). See B. Robertson, ‘The South Kensington Museum in context: an alternative history’, Museum and Society, 2 (2004), pp. 1–14.
Please cite as “Tyndall1926,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on