William Henry to Faraday   20 December 18321

My dear Sir

I have been requested by the bearer, Mr. Ronchetti2 of this town, to give him a few lines of introduction to you, and though well aware how much you are occupied, yet I cannot well refuse, the more especially as he is really a very deserving person, and one to whose ingenuity and skill I was much beholden so long as I could work. The object, I believe, which he has in view, is to establish a son3 in London, to be in some way connected with him here, for the manufacture and sale of philosphl. instruments; and it is in connexion with this object, that he is desirous to put a few questions to you. If you can, without inconvenience, listen to him for quarter of an hour, you will be serving a very worthy and industrious man.

I have not yet thanked you for the copy of your "Experiments in Electricity"4. I was delighted with them, and hope you will ere long unveil fresh wonders in that most interesting field of inquiry. Any papers you may have the goodness to send me, will reach me thro' Longman's house5 under cover to Messrs. Clarke6, Booksellers, Manchester.

My son7 who has lately taken to wife8 the daughter of Mr. Allan9 of Edin[burgh] (whom I think you know, or at least by repute as a mineralogist) unites in kindest regards to you.

Believe me, my dear Sir, | Very sincerely Yours | W Henry

Manchester | Dec. 20 1832


Address: M. Faraday Esq | Royal Institution | Albemarle St | London

1
William Henry (1774-1836, DSB). Manchester chemist.
2
Charles Joshua Ronchetti. Manchester scientific instrument maker. See Rea (1988), 5.
3
Joshua Ronchetti. Manchester and London scientific instrument maker. See letter 774.
4
Faraday (1832a, b), ERE1 and 2.
5
That is Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, booksellers in Paternoster Row. See Wallis (1974), 40.
6
Unidentified.
7
William Charles Henry (1804-1892, Farrar et.al. (1977)). Physician and chemist.
8
Margaret Henry, née Allan (d.1890, age 80, GRO).
9
Thomas Allan (1777-1833, DNB). Mineralogist.

Bibliography

REA, Anthony (1988): Manchester's Little Italy: Memories of the Italian Colony of Ancoats, Manchester.

WALLIS, Philip (1974): At the Sign of the Ship: Notes on the House of Longman, 1724-1974, Harlow.

Please cite as “Faraday0637,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0637