Faraday to William Scoresby   22 July 1843

18 Wellington Crescent | Ramsgate¹ | 22 July 1843

My dear Sir

Your letter finds me here under a strong attack of my giddiness & disturbance of the head so that I cannot well see the paper or guide the hand. As to the Magnet² it is enclosed & I was not allowed to open it or observe how the Magnets were disposed[.] I cannot tell you the length of the instrument but as far as I remember it looks like an oblong box out of one end of which come the two points called poles.

If you wish it & will so write to Mr Anderson of our Institution he will get you the outside measurements. But Mr Roberton of the Royal Society (where the magnet is) can do it better[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Revd Dr. Scoresby | &c &c &c

Endorsed: Dr. Faraday, on Knight's magnet