Samuel March Phillipps to Faraday   16 May 18451

Mr Phillipps presents his compliments to Mr. Faraday and begs to transmit to him six copies of the paper, printed by order of the House of Commons2, respecting the Explosion at the Haswell Collieries3; & should he desire any further number of copies, Mr Phillipps, upon hearing from him, will give directions that they may be sent to him.

Whitehall May 16, 1845

1
This was addressed to Lyell, with a note saying that a similar letter had been sent to Faraday. The only possible difference would have been the number of copies sent.
2
This comprised Lyell and Faraday (1845), Johnson (1845b) and letter 1704.
3
Lyell and Faraday (1844), Johnson (1845a) and letter 1704 had been laid on the Table of the House of Commons on 17 April 1845. Commons Journals, 1845, 100: 277.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1844): Experimental Researches in Electricity, volume 2, London.

JOHNSON, George (1845a): Report addressed to the United Committee of the Coal Trade, by the special committee appointed to take into consideration the Report from Messrs. Lyell and Faraday, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, “On the subject of the explosion at the Haswell Collieries, and on the means of preventing similar accidents, Durham.

JOHNSON, George (1845b): “Report addressed to the United Committee of the Coal Trade by the Special Committee appointed to take into consideration the Report from Messrs. Lyell and Faraday to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, “on the subject of the Explosion at the Haswell Collieries, and on the means of preventing similar Accidents”, Parliamentary Papers, (232) 16, pp. 13-18.

Please cite as “Faraday1733,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1733