Faraday to Edward Hawkins   12 January 18321

R Institution | Jany 12. 1831 [sic]

My dear Sir

I cannot be at the RS 2. tonight. Do you ever come this way. I shall be at home both tomorrow & Saturday until 12 o clk. AM.

I should like very much to see the ancient fluid[.]

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

Edwd Hawkins Esq | &c &c &c


Address: Edwd Hawkins Esq | &c &c &c | Royal Society

1
Edward Hawkins (1780-1867, DNB). Keeper of Antiquaries at the British Museum, 1826-1860.
2
That is the evening when his Bakerian Lecture, Faraday (1832b), ERE2, was read.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1832b): “The Bakerian Lecture. Experimental Researches in Electricity. - Second Series. Terrestrial Magneto-electric Induction. Force and Direction of Magneto-electric Induction generally”, Phil. Trans., 122: 163-94.

Please cite as “Faraday0529,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0529