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From:
Aaron Hartnell
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
19 December 1823
Source of text:
RS MS 241, f.7
Summary:
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Writing in confidence, informs JH of a conversation with Humphry Davy concerning the appointment of assistants for John Pond, Astronomer Royal. Situation complicated by Pond's precarious health and the widespread belief that JH would be the appropriate successor to Pond.
Strongly praises WW's completed paper on crystallography. Questions one point in it.