Faraday to Cochrane   31 December 18241

Royal Institution | Dec 31 1824

Sir

Sir H. Davy in moving from one house to another2 has in the confusion mislaid the box containing your specimens but told me this afternoon I should have them in a day or two[.]

I return you the two papers with many thanks for the loan of them & for the copy of that on Urao3.

I am Sir | Your Obedient Humble Servant | M. Faraday

Capt Cochrane | & & &

1
Possibly Charles Stuart Cochrane who had just returned from Colombia. (See Cochrane (1825)). He was a Captain in the Royal Navy whose name disappears from the Navy List in 1835.
2
From 28 Lower Grosvenor Street to 26 Park Street Grosvenor Square. See Davy, J. (1836), 2: 133-4.
3
Sesqui carbonate of sodium, a mineral found in the bottom of lakes in Mexico. OED.

Bibliography

COCHRANE, Charles Stuart (1825): Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia, during the years 1823 and 1824, 2 volumes, London.

DAVY, John (1836): Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., 2 volumes, London.

Please cite as “Faraday0249,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0249