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To James Croll   10th Feb. 1864

10th Feb. 1864

Dear Sir

I have forwarded your paper1 to Mr. Francis,2 altering nothing therein. Mr. Gyll3 is of course merely kicking against the pricks.4 But it was thought desirable to allow a practical writer to state his own case.

Yours very truly | John Tyndall

James Croll Esq[ui]re

BL Add MS 41077, f. 9

1

your paper: J. Croll, ‘On Supposed Objections to the Dynamical Theory of Heat’, Phil. Mag., 27 (1864), pp. 196–8.

2

Mr. Francis: William Francis.

3

Mr. Gyll: Joseph Gill; see letter 2062.

4

kicking against the pricks: Acts 9:4–6; meaning to fight against authority in a futile situation.

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