Faraday to Joseph Saxton   24 August 1840

My dear Sir

Dr Petzholdt1 of Dresden has written to me desiring me to forward the inclosed letter you. I have read it and sent him a letter on certain points but I could not tell him the date of the knowledge of your machine2 or whether [MS torn] visit[.]

[MS torn] health & happiness

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


Address: Joseph Saxton Esq | &c &c &c | The Mint | Philadelphia | U. States

Postmark: 24 August 1840

1
George Paul Alexander Petzholdt (1810-1889, P2, 3). Physician in Dresden.
2
See Saxton (1836).

Bibliography

SAXTON, Joseph (1836): “On his Magneto-electrical Machine; with Remarks on Mr. E.M. Clarke's Paper in the preceding number”, Phil. Mag., 9: 360-5.

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