Carlo Matteucci to Faraday   23 September 18441

Sono contento; ho ripetute le mie esperienze con Todd2, Whea[t]stone, Bowman3 e Miller4, i quali si sono mostrati soddisfatti. Ma conto su di voi: domani, ve ne supplico, venite al Kings College.

TRANSLATION

I am happy; I have repeated my experiments with Todd5, Wheatstone, Bowman6 and Miller7 who showed themselves to be satisfied. But I count on you: tomorrow, I beg you, come to King's College.

1
Date as given in Bianchi (1874), 112.
2
Robert Bentley Todd (1809–1860, ODNB). Physician at King’s College Hospital, 1840–1860.
3
William Bowman (1816–1892, ODNB). Surgeon specialising in ophthalmology.
4
William Allen Miller (1817–1870, ODNB). Professor of Chemistry at King’s College, London, 1845–1870.
5
Robert Bentley Todd (1809–1860, ODNB). Physician at King’s College Hospital, 1840–1860.
6
William Bowman (1816–1892, ODNB). Surgeon specialising in ophthalmology.
7
William Allen Miller (1817–1870, ODNB). Professor of Chemistry at King’s College, London, 1845–1870.

Bibliography

BIANCHI, Nicomede (1874) Carlo Matteucci e L’Italia del suo tempo, Turin.

Please cite as “Faraday1609a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1609a