Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas, Clement Anthelme Cortaz1 and Edme François Jomard2 to Faraday   23 July 1845

SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT | POUR L'INDUSTRIE NATIONALE, | fondée en 1802, | RECONNUE COMME ETABLISSEMENT D'UTILITE PUBLIQUE PAR ORDONNANCE ROYALE | DU 21 AVRIL 1824, RUE DU BAC, 42, A PARIS.

Extrait du Procès-verbal de la Séance du 23 Juillet 18453.

M. Dumas Vice Président de la Société, annonce que le Conseil d'Administration possède, dans son sein, M. Faraday. Il ajoute que tous les Membres apprécient depuis long temps ses brillantes découvertes et les Services importants qu'il a rendus aux sciences et aux arts4.

M. Dumas est s<cir>ur d'aller au devant des voeux de la Société, en proposant d'inscrire sur la liste des Membres correspondants le nom de M. Faraday.

La Société adopte, avec acclamation, cette proposition - | A Dumas | Cl Anthelme Cortaz | Jomard

SOCIETE D'ENCOURAGEMENT | POUR L'INDUSTRIE NATIONALE, | founded in 1802, | RECOGNISED AS AN ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITY BY THE ROYAL EDICT | OF 21 APRIL 1824, RUE DU BAC, 42, PARIS.

Extracted from the Minutes of the Meeting of 23 July 18455

Mr Dumas, Vice President of the Society, announces that the Administrative Council has, at its heart, Mr Faraday. He adds that all the members have appreciated for a long time his brilliant discoveries and the important services he has given to the sciences and the arts6.

Mr Dumas is sure of expressing the wishes of the Society in proposing to inscribe on the list of Corresponding Members the name of Mr Faraday.

The Society adopts this proposition unanimously. | A. Dumas | Cl Anthelme Cortaz | Jomard.

1
Unidentified.
2
Edme François Jomard (1777-1862, NBU). Geographer and engineer.
3
At which Faraday was present. See Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 222.
4
For a short account of the Société see Butrica (1989).
5
At which Faraday was present. See Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 222.
6
For a short account of the Société see Butrica (1989).

Bibliography

BENCE JONES, Henry (1870a): The Life and Letters of Faraday, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London.

BUTRICA, Andrew J. (1989): “Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie National. Preliminary Inventory of the Archives”, Hist. and Tech., 6: 325-34.

Please cite as “Faraday1761,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1761