Faraday to William Robert Grove   28 February 1846

R Institution | 28 Feby 1846

My dear Grove

The Member of Committee to whom I wrote1 a most eminent man in science though not in our branches refers me as you will see by the enclosed to the Rule under which the Committee act and says that it is so strictly followed that proof that it is fulfilled is necessary. He asks me to supply him with a note of the four or five best philosophical papers; or discoveries in advancement of science which he may quote with the references. Now to help me send me a list not more numerous (necessarily) than six, of those you judge best proof, with the references but do not omit the batteries2[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

1
Robert Brown, a member of the Committee of the Athenaeum Club. See letter 1833.
2
See letter 1558 where Faraday agreed to nominate Grove for membership of the Athenaeum Club. Grove was elected in 1851 under rule 2, to which this letter refers.

Please cite as “Faraday1832,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1832