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Faraday to John Henry Vivian   5 June 1830

Royal Institution | June 5, 1830.

My dear Sir

My young friend & pupil Mr Cookson1, expects to be at Swansea for a day or two and I beg to introduce him to your acquaintance hoping you will have the goodness to let him see your copper works[.]

Mr. Dillwyn2 told me that you had been indicted3 again but from what he said I supposed it was nothing important and will pass away. Pray have you heard any thing more of sheathing ships in iron protected &c. I do not myself believe it will be practicable[.]

Mrs. Faraday begs her best remembrances to Mrs. Vivian4 and Miss Bessy and I hope you will not forget me at the time.

I am my Dear Sir | Very faithfully Yours | M. Faraday

J.H. Vivian Esq | &c &c &c

1
Possibly William Isaac Cookson (1812-1888, Morris et.al. (1988), 11). Glass manufacturer. Faraday certainly corresponded with him later. See Faraday to Cookson, 13 June 1848, UU EW.
2
Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855, DNB). Naturalist.
3
For producing noxious fumes from his copper works. See Toomey (1979), 286.
4
Sarah Vivian, née Jones. See Tomos [1972], 117.

Bibliography

TOMOS, Dafydd [1972]: Michael Faraday in Wales, Gwasg Gee.

TOOMEY, Robert R. (1979): Vivian and Sons, 1809-1924. A study of the Firm in the Copper and Related Industries, University of Wales, PhD thesis.

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