The Correspondence of John Tyndall

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The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 14

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 14

The Correspondence, October 1873–October 1875

Letters Covering Tyndall’s Infamous Belfast Address

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 13

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 13

The Correspondence, June 1872–September 1873

Letters Showing Tyndall’s Widespread Esteem and Increasing Social Status

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 12

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 12

The Correspondence, March 1871-May 1872

Letters Showing Tyndall as an Established Man of Science

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 9

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 9

The Correspondence, February 1865—December 1866

Letters Revealing the Increasing Scope of Tyndall’s Activities

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 11

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 11

The Correspondence, January 1869-February 1871

Letters Detailing Highly Productive and Wide-Ranging Research

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 10

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 10

The Correspondence, January 1867–December 1868
The tenth volume of The Correspondence of John Tyndall spans from January 1867 to December 1868. It begins with Tyndall publicly enmeshed in a controversy that revealed his views on race, politics, and justifiable violence. Further pressure is exerted on him personally by the death of his mother Sarah, and the numerous ...
The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 8

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 8

The Correspondence, June 1862-January 1865

Public Disputes, Tyndall’s Dramatic Mountain Climbing Escapades, Efforts to Promote Science to a Wide Audience, and More

Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 7, The

Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 7, The

The Correspondence, March 1859-May 1862

The Ending of Tyndall’s Relationship with the Drummond Family, Disputes about His Glaciology Work, and More

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 6

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 6

The Correspondence, November 1856-February 1859

This sixth volume of Tyndall’s correspondence contains 302 letters covering a period of twenty-eight months (1856–1859).

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 5

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 5

The Correspondence, January 1855–October 1856

Volume 5 contains 266 letters covering a period of twenty-two months, when Tyndall was in his mid-thirties and had been employed by the Royal Institution as professor of natural philosophy since September 1853.

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 4

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 4

The Correspondence, January 1853–December 1854

The 329 letters in this volume represent a period of immense transition in John Tyndall’s life. A noticeable spike in his extant correspondence during the early 1850s is linked to his expanding international network, growing reputation as a leading scientific figure in Britain and abroad, and his employment at the Royal Institution. By December 1854, Tyndall had firmly established himself as a significant man of science, complete with an influential position at the center of the British scientific establishment.

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 3

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 3

The Correspondence, January 1850–December 1852

In the period covered by this volume, Tyndall completed his degree, published his first scientific papers, became a regular participant in the British Association meetings, established friendships with leading men of science in Berlin and London, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. As the volume ends, he was preparing his first lecture to the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the catalyst for a profound transition in his life. The letters offer a behind-the-scenes view of nineteenth-century publishing processes, the practices and challenges of diamagnetic research, the application procedures for university positions, the use of patronage in establishing a scientific career, and the often anxious and weary-worn personality of Tyndall, the ambitious protagonist.

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 1

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 1

The Correspondence, May 1840–August 1843

The 230 letters in this inaugural volume of The Correspondence of John Tyndall chart Tyndall’s emergence into early adulthood, spanning from his arrival in Youghal in May 1840 as a civil assistant with just a year’s experience working on the Irish Ordnance Survey to his pseudonymous authorship of an open letter to the prime minister, Robert Peel, protesting the pay and conditions on the English Survey in August 1843.

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 2

The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 2

The Correspondence, September 1843–December 1849

The 161 letters in this volume encompass a period of dramatic change for the young John Tyndall, who would become one of Victorian Britain’s most famous physicists. They begin in September 1843, in the midst of a fiery public conflict with the Ordnance Survey of England, and end in December 1849 with him as a doctoral student of mathematics and experimental science at the University of Marburg, Germany.

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