Faraday to William Gravatt   15 April 1837

Royal Institution | 15 April 1837

Sir

In reporting to you as to the most worthy in the Chemical class I have no difficulty in naming Mr. Ord1 as first and Mr. Bathurst2 as second; both by the examinations and the note books.

I hope you will allow me also to express the pleasure I find in looking at the note books of some who have entered the chemical class so recently as not to have joined in the examinations. Amongst these the books of Mr Romer3 & Mr. Collinson4 have particularly caught my attention[.]

I am Sir | Your Very Obedient Servant | M. Faraday

Coll. Gravatt | Inspector | &c &c &c

1
Harry St George Ord (1819-1885, DNB). Entered the Royal Engineers and later became a colonial governor.
2
Benjamin Bathurst (b.1820, RMA WO149/5, p.3). Entered Royal Artillery.
3
Robert Corcyra Romer (1821-1894, Anon (1900), entry 1909). Entered Royal Artillery.
4
Thomas Bernard Collinson (1821-1902, GRO). Entered Royal Engineers in which he later became a general. Army List.

Bibliography

ANON (1900): List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 4th edition, London.

Please cite as “Faraday0986,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0986