John George Children to Faraday   22 February 18441

Halsted Place | 22nd Feby. 1844

My dear Faraday,

Many, many thanks for your kind note & accompanying very clear development of your views of atoms and forces2. I forward it by this post to Miss Cornwallis3, who will be as much obliged by your kindness, if possible, as I am. I am very sorry you suffer with headache and giddiness. You must have a little mercy on yourself, & not work too hard, & so unintermittingly. I hope to be in town to Lord Northampton's next soireé4, & to find you there quite stout and well again[.]

Ever | My dear Faraday | Most truly Your's | John Geo. Children

1
John George Children (1777-1852, DNB). Man of science.
2
Faraday (1844a).
3
Caroline Frances Cornwallis (1786-1858, DNB). Writer. For her views on Faraday's work see Cornwallis (1864), 259-60.
4
This was held on 2 March 1844. See Times, 4 March 1844, p.5, col.c for an account. Neither Faraday nor Children were listed as being amongst those present.

Bibliography

CORNWALLIS, Caroline Frances (1864): Selections from the Letters of Caroline Frances Cornwallis, London.

FARADAY, Michael (1844a): “A speculation touching Electric Conduction and the Nature of Matter”, Phil. Mag., 24: 136-44.

Please cite as “Faraday1557,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1557