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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Henry Vivian
Date:
11 September 1826
Source of text:
NLW VP A.232
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Two unwanted companions caused JH to waste two days in Clermont-Ferrand. Describes volcanoes and high winds on peaks. Actinometer experiments on Puy de Dôme. Hunting fossil bones of extinct animals.
Has received the gift of books for which he is grateful. They have been placed in the library.