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Darwin Correspondence Project

From John Tyndall   5 December 1878

Royal Institution of Great Britain

5th. Dec. 1878

My dear Darwin.

The syren shall be with you on Sunday.1 The only bulk arises from the bellows necessary to blow it— but that also shall be arranged.

Ever faithfully yours | John Tyndall

Footnotes

CD had asked Tyndall for a siren for use in experiments with sensitive plants; see letter to John Tyndall, 4 December [1878]. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Tyndall visited Down on Saturday 7 December 1878.

Summary

Will provide the siren.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11774
From
John Tyndall
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Royal Institution
Source of text
DAR 106: C22
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11774,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11774.xml

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