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Irish physicist and mountaineer (1820-1893) known for his study of diamagnetism and his realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Hind Head House (Haslemere) letterhead, July 25, 1893. Handwritten letter to a friend, in part: “Loyal to your great ideal, you are still setting forth the power and might of Jesus the Reformer. You once told me your age, but I have been shaken by so many blows that I have forgotten it. I should like to know it, for it strikes me that Jesus has not, on the face of this earth, a more devoted veteran than you now are. I and my wife are at this moment preparing for our move to Switzerland. I am not strong, and the prospect of the journey, instead of bringing the exhilaration it used to do, rather daunts me.” In fine condition.
After a first trip to Switzerland in 1849, Tyndall spent summers in the Alps between 1857 and 1869. In 1861, together with Johann Joseph Benet and Ulrich Wenger, he succeeded in making the first ascent of the Weisshorn. In 1862, he narrowly failed to make the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Between 1877 and 1893, Tyndall spent the summer months with his wife, Louisa Charlotte, in the Alp Lusgen villa he had built on the Belalp. Less than five months after writing this letter, Tyndall died on December 4, 1893, in Hindhead, a small village between London and the southwest coast of England.
From the personal collection of a lifelong collector, teacher, and traveler with a passion for world history. His collecting years ranged from the 1970s to the present day, meaning that several of the premier pieces have not been on the market in decades.
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