Faraday to William Ambrose   1 October 18411

Royal Institution | 1 Octr. 1841

Sir

I have just returned from the Continent & find your letter. I conclude that you are by this time suited for the lectures you mentioned but nevertheless say that no one occurs to me at present who would be likely to do you justice & also leave London. There are two gentlemen who lecture upon both subjects Mr. Addams2, Pembroke Square, Chelsea; and Mr. Griffiths3 the Lecturer at St Bartholomew's Hospital London, but I doubt whether either of them could leave London for Glasgow. If however you please you can write to them. I wish I could have been of more service to you but trust even the occasion has gone by[.]

I am Sir | Your faithful humble Servant | M. Faraday

W. Ambrose Esq | &c &c &c

1
William Ambrose. Vice President of the Glasgow Mechanics' Institution. Private communication from Dr James McGrath, Archivist of Strathclyde University.
2
Unidentified.
3
Thomas Griffiths. Lecturer in Physics at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Moore (1918), 2: 816.

Bibliography

MOORE, Norman (1918): The History of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 2 volumes, London.

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