Faraday to Percy Drummond   20 February 1830

Royal Institution | Feb. 20. 1830

My dear Sir

I return the copy[.] The printers need not send the MS with the proof sheets but keep it for use. I supposed he had set up what he sent me[.]

When the packages are ready here & at Newmans I will write word to you[.]

Relative to a book on Chemistry there are three I may name. Murrays1 Elements of Chemistry last edition 2 vols2. Turners3 (Dr) Elements of Chemistry last edition 1 vol4 and Brandes Manual of Chemistry 2 vols5. The new edition of the last work will be published in about a fortnight[.]

All three are perhaps of equal character but Brandes Manual intended for the Chemical class which Mr Brande & myself give in conjunction at this Institution is drawn up nearer to the order which I shall adopt at Woolwich than the others[.]

I am Dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Coll Drummond | &c &c &c

1
John Murray (d.1820, DNB). Chemist.
2
Murray (1828).
3
Edward Turner (1796-1837, DNB). Professor of Chemistry at University College London, 1828-1830.
4
Turner (1828).
5
Brande (1830).

Bibliography

BRANDE, William Thomas (1830): A Manual of Chemistry, 3rd edition, 2 volumes, London.

MURRAY, John (1828): Elements of Chemistry, 6th edition, 2 volumes, Edinburgh.

TURNER, Edward (1828): Elements of Chemistry including the recent discoveries and doctrines of the science, 2nd edition, London.

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