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From William Frederick Pollock   9th Dec. / 64

9th Dec. / 64

Dear T.

I have looked at the Phil Mag Suppl.

From what A.1 writes at p. 560 I hold him to be an unmitigated s—nd—l.2

When he wrote it he must have known from yourself that you had actually made the discovery in question.

Y[ou]rs &c. | W. F. P.

RI MS JT/1/P/234

RI MS JT/1/TYP/6/2034

1

A.: C. K. Akin. The reference is to C. K. Akin, ‘Note on Ray-Transmutation’, Phil. Mag., 28 (1864): pp. 554–60. On p. 560, Akin discussed the closure of his experiments on spectral rays and states that any claims which Tyndall might make on the subject in the future are illegitimate. See also letters 1925, 2075, 2076, 2079, 2114, 2162, 2167, 2168, 2170, 2173, 2182, 2183, 2197, 2198, 2201, 2204, 2208, 2214.

2

s—nd—l: scoundrel.

Please cite as “Tyndall2190,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall2190