R Institution | 1 Sept. 1843
My dear Babbage
I think I may thank you for the translation1 & though I cannot understand your great work yet I can well comprehend by its effect upon those who do understand it how great a work it is[.] Wishing you life & health to see it in full action
I am | Yours Most Truly | M. Faraday
C. Babbage Esq | &c &c
MENABREA, L.F. (1843): “Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq”, Taylor Sci. Mem., 3: 666-731.
Please cite as “Faraday1516,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on