Faraday to Robert William Sievier1   16 December 1842

R Institution | 16 Decr. 1842

My dear Sir

I am much obliged by your kind care for me & hope to see the Globular lightning. I have no other experiment to speak of at present and will bring my book with me[.] Mrs. Faraday is greatly obliged by your thought for her but being Saturday Evening2 is engaged at her Fathers3.

Ever Yours Truly | M. Faraday

R.W. Sievier Esr | &c &c &c

1
Robert William Sievier (1794–1865, ODNB). Originally a sculptor who later worked in science.
2
That is 17 December 1842.
3
Edward Barnard (1767–1855, GRO). Silversmith. See Grimwade (1982), 430-1.

Bibliography

GRIMWADE, Arthur G. (1982): London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, 2nd edition, London.

Please cite as “Faraday1453a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1453a