Royal Institution | Decr. 12. 1825
My dear Sir
I received yours, and write, meaning my letter to wait for a frank. I sent you a copy of my paper which I hope you have received. The Transactions have been published two or three weeks, so that I can have the honor you intend me, of having the paper noticed in your Elements1. I assure you with very sincere feelings that I have no greater pleasure of the kind than to see my efforts noticed in your Admirable Elements: for the favourable opinion of one like yourself, able to appreciate and always free from critical & party feelings, is far more grateful to me, than the praises of those, who, writers by profession, adopt a powerful style or assume a high tone of jud[ge]ment merely that they may attract attention.
I am My dear Sir | Most faithfully yours | M. Faraday
William Henry MD. | & &
FARADAY, Michael (1825b): “On new compounds of carbon and hydrogen, and on certain other products obtained during the decomposition of oil by heat”, Phil. Trans., 115: 440-66.
HENRY, William (1826): The Elements of Experimental Chemistry, 10th edition, 2 volumes, London.
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