Faraday to John William Lubbock   7 September 1835

Royal Institution | 7 Septr 1835

My dear Sir

I have seen Mr. Sturdy to day and now I think you & I must meet and talk over his results as regards Gilpin1 & also the instrument to be used 2[.] Can you see me on Thursday between 10 and 2 o clk if so drop me a note saying at what hour & I will be with you[.]

Mr Sturdy has promised to have the results relating to Gilpin ready & if You send over a note to him he will attend the appointment.

At the same time I think I should like to be with you half an hour before he comes[.]

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

J.W. Lubbock Esq | &c &c &c

1
George Gilpin (d.1810, Hall (1984), 224). Clerk to the Royal Society, 1785-1810, Anon (1940), 344. The work referred to is Gilpin (1794).
2
See note 3, letter 761.

Bibliography

ANON (1940): The Record of the Royal Society of London, 4th edition, London.

GILPIN, George (1794): “Tables for reducing the Quantities by Weight, in any Mixture of pure Spirit and Water, to those by Measure; and for determining the Proportion, by Measure, of each of the two Substances in such Mixtures”, Phil. Trans., 84: 275-382.

HALL, Marie Boas (1984): All Scientists Now: The Royal Society in the nineteenth century, Cambridge.

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