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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
Date:
28 January 1854
Source of text:
BPUG MS 2316, f.78-9
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Saw in the Times that JH is working on universal alphabet. Sends Wolfgang Kempelen's book (1791) on mechanism of speech. Speculates on machine that could produce phonetic sounds for universal language.