Faraday to Peter Mark Roget   21 May 1831

R Institution | May 21.

Dear Sir

May we expect Mr. Swainsons1 paper2 to put before Committee?3 I have no doubt his wishes will be complied with[.]

May we not also look for a short paper from you on the curves or something else4[.]

Ever Dear Sir | Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Dr Roget | &c &c &c

1
William Swainson (1789–1855, ODNB). Naturalist.
2
Swainson (1831).
3
Faraday had been asked at the Journal Committee on 20 May 1831 (RI MS RI 4) to contact Roget about this.
4
Roget (1831).

Bibliography

ROGET, Peter Mark (1831): “On the Geometric Properties of the Magnetic Curve, with an account of an Instrument for its Mechanical Description”, J. Roy. Inst., 1: 311-9.

SWAINSON, William (1831): “On those birds which exhibit the typical perfection of the family of Anatidae”, J. Roy. Inst., 2: 11-29.

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