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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
Date:
24 August 1846
Source of text:
UB MS NS 380
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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The chemist C. F. Schönbein has invented a form of 'explosive cotton' and is looking for an opportunity to demonstrate it. JH is asking CP to help arrange matters.
Thanks JH for interest in his gun cotton. Will demonstrate its use next week. Includes list of items he will need to perform experiments.
Discusses JT's method for Great Circle sailing.