Faraday to Samuel Hunter Christie   15 December 1845

Royal Institution, December 15, 1845.

Dear Christie, - I received from the Royal Society ten pieces of platinum and palladium, all of which were magnetic. I this day return nine pieces, having kept one piece of palladium, No. 13, weighing 2oz. 10grs., according to the authority you gave me1, and am now working it up2.

I am, my dear Friend, | Ever truly yours, | M. Faraday

S.H. Christie, Esq., | &c. &c.

1
See RS CM, 1 December 1845, 1: 508 for Faraday's request to borrow this platinum. This was the platinum referred to in Faraday report, 10 and 11 February 1834, letter 699, volume 2.
2
See Faraday, Diary, 12 December 1845, 4: 8521 and Faraday (1846d), ERE21, 2382.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1846d): “Experimental Researches in Electricity. - Twenty-first Series. On new magnetic actions, and on the magnetic condition of all matter - continued”, Phil. Trans., 136: 41-62.

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