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Auction archive: Lot number 245

*Tyndall (John, 1820-1893).

Estimate
£150 - £200
ca. US$196 - US$261
Price realised:
£150
ca. US$196
Auction archive: Lot number 245

*Tyndall (John, 1820-1893).

Estimate
£150 - £200
ca. US$196 - US$261
Price realised:
£150
ca. US$196
Beschreibung:

Autograph letter signed, 'John Tyndall', 2 April 1880, to R.H. Blades, noting that his 'approaching lectures on light are not intended for publication. My American lectures on light or my Notes on Light - published by Messrs Longman, might perhaps suit your purposes', Royal Institution of Great Britain embossed crest at head, 2 pp., 8vo, together with Murchison (Roderick Impey, 1792-1871), autograph letter signed, 5 May 1859, to Alexander Clark, 'Recollecting gratefully the hospitable reception given to myself and Professor Sedgwick 32 years ago by your excellent father I am induced to ask if it is possible for you to give my [?] Professor Ramsay and myself beds for a night or two on or about the 12 or 13th' in order to study the rocks of the North Highlands and around his house at Eriboll and Loch Hope, giving further details of his plans, Geological Survey Office embossed crest and address at head, 3 pages, a little spotting and browning, tipped on to an old album leaf with loss of additional note to page 4, 8vo, plus four further autograph letters signed from scientists including Richard Owen (1804-1892), John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884), William George Armstrong (1810-1900), John William Dawson (1820-1899) and Frederick Augustus Abel (1827-1902), mostly one or two pages, some toning, 8vo (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 245
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2019
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

Autograph letter signed, 'John Tyndall', 2 April 1880, to R.H. Blades, noting that his 'approaching lectures on light are not intended for publication. My American lectures on light or my Notes on Light - published by Messrs Longman, might perhaps suit your purposes', Royal Institution of Great Britain embossed crest at head, 2 pp., 8vo, together with Murchison (Roderick Impey, 1792-1871), autograph letter signed, 5 May 1859, to Alexander Clark, 'Recollecting gratefully the hospitable reception given to myself and Professor Sedgwick 32 years ago by your excellent father I am induced to ask if it is possible for you to give my [?] Professor Ramsay and myself beds for a night or two on or about the 12 or 13th' in order to study the rocks of the North Highlands and around his house at Eriboll and Loch Hope, giving further details of his plans, Geological Survey Office embossed crest and address at head, 3 pages, a little spotting and browning, tipped on to an old album leaf with loss of additional note to page 4, 8vo, plus four further autograph letters signed from scientists including Richard Owen (1804-1892), John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884), William George Armstrong (1810-1900), John William Dawson (1820-1899) and Frederick Augustus Abel (1827-1902), mostly one or two pages, some toning, 8vo (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 245
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2019
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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