William Thomson to Faraday   25 August 1845

St Peter's College | August 25th 1845

Dear Sir,

I am very much obliged to you for your prompt answer¹ to my questions².

I shall pass through London this week, on my way to Scotland, and I shall take that opportunity of returning you the memoir which you sent me³. If you could allow me to call upon you on Thursday⁴, at any time or place that might be convenient to you, I should consider it a great privilege, as there are several points with reference to dielectrics, and especially with reference to the possible attraction which might be exercised by a charged body on a body such as sulphur, of a higher dielectric power than the air, about which I should feel very much satisfied by having some conversation with you. I have a friend here who I think is willing to undertake some research on such matters, but as his experimental means are very limited, it would be of great service to him to get some information relative to the practical methods of preparing some of the apparatus. If you would kindly allow me to call upon you when I am in London I might thus be able to communicate some useful information to him.

I remain, Your's very truly | William Thomson