Faraday to Eilhard Mitscherlich   17 August 1833

Royal Institution | 17 August 1833

My dear Sir

On returning from the country I find your very kind letter¹, your present of fluids & the accompanying diploma and I write in haste that I may not be found wanting in respect to the Academy which has done me the honor of electing me a Corresponding member[.] May I ask you to express my warmest thanks for this mark of approbation saying also that I feel it a strong stimulus to the earnest pursuit of that which has already been the cause of my receiving the approval of the Academy. I would answer by letter to the Secretaries but thought it perhaps more proper to acknowledge the favour through the same channel by which I received it[.]

Your hydro-carbons are to me exceedingly interesting for I have long resolved to pursue certain views which I entertain of the nature of these bodies, but the experimental researches in Electricity have drawn me off & will still keep me from that subject[.] You know how laborious experiments are and will not I think believe me lazy[.]

I hope in a month or two to have two other papers on Electricity to send you²[.] Is the channel by the Royal Society's box a good one by which to convey such things to you or can you tell me of a better[.]

I must close this letter and meet an engagement. I have only time to thank you for all your kindness and say what pleasure I feel in your remembrance of me. I shall be delighted to see your results in the work you speak of & also to pay the bill I have so long owed you or the works[.]

I am | My dear Sir | Most Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Professor Mitscherlich | &c &c &c