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Add MS 53715
- Record Id:
- 040-002002594
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- 032-002002593
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000634.0x00014e
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- Add MS 53715
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TYNDALL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 117).
Contents:
1. ff. 1-73. General correspondence of John Tyndall, consisting chiefly of letters of scientific and Alpine interest; 1861-1892.
2. ff. 74-117. Literary drafts: (a) account of a visit to the Rifel Berg with the Emperor of Brazil; 1877. ff. 74-75;- (b) two descriptions of life in the Alps, perhaps drafts for an article later published (circa 1887) in the American Journal Youth's Companion; aft. 1878. ff. 76-97;- (c) 'Water', written for Youth's Companion; circa 1889. ff. 98-117.
John Tyndall, natural philosopher: Correspondence and literary papers: 1861-1892: Partly drafts.
includes:
- ff. 1-2 Sir John Francis Julius von Haast, KCMG; geologist and explorer: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1861.
- f. 3 General Sir Edward Sabine, RA; KCB; PRS: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1871.
- ff. 4v-19 Edward Whymper, mountaineer: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1871.
- ff. 20-22v Hugh Poyntz Malet, writer on natural history: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1871.
- ff. 23-32v, 35-39v John Tyndall, natural philosopher: Letters to W. Spottiswoode: 1875-1880.
- ff. 33-34v Louisa Charlotte Tyndall, wife of J Tyndall: Letter to Mr and Mrs W. Spottiswoode: 1878.
- ff. 40-42 Karl Ludwig Rütimeyer, Swiss zoologist and anatomist: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1881.
- ff. 43-44v Sir Arthur Schuster, mathematical physicist: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1883.
- ff. 45-52v Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen, Baron Lingen: Letters to J. Tyndall: 1886.
- ff. 53-54v Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen, Baron Lingen: Letter to Mrs L. C. Tyndall: 1886.
- ff. 55-61v William Henry Rideing, US journalist: Letters to J. Tyndall: 1888-1889.
- f. 62 Perry Mason and Co: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1889.
- ff. 63-64 William Wickham, MP: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1890.
- ff. 65-66 John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1890.
- ff. 67-71v Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet; jurist: Letters to J. Tyndall: 1892.
- ff. 72-73 Isabella Bacchus, née Cuming: Letter to J. Tyndall: 1892(?).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
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- 032-002002593
040-002002594 - Is part of:
- Add MS 53715-53716 : TYNDALL PAPERS
Add MS 53715 : TYNDALL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 117). Contents: 1. ff. 1-73. General correspondence of John Tyndall, consisting chiefly of letters… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002002593[0001]/040-002002594
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 53715-53716
- Record Type (Level):
- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1861
- End Date:
- 1894
- Date Range:
- 1861-1894
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Bacchus, Isabella, née Cuming, correspondent of John Tyndall, fl 1892
Haast, Johann Franz Julius, Knight, geologist and explorer, 1822-1887
Lingen, Ralph Robert Wheeler, Baron Lingen
Lubbock, John, 1st Baron Avebury, banker, politician, and scientific writer, 1834-1913
Malet, Hugh Poyntz, writer on natural history
Perry Mason and Co
Pollock, Frederick, 3rd Baronet, jurist, 1845-1937
Rideing, William Henry, US journalist
Rütimeyer, Karl Ludwig, Swiss zoologist and anatomist
Sabine, Edward, General RA, KCB, PRS
Schuster, Arthur, mathematical physicist
Tyndall, John, natural philosopher
Tyndall, Louisa Charlotte, wife of J Tyndall, 1845-1940
Whymper, Edward, mountaineer
Wickham, William, MP