Faraday to Philip Hardwick1   23 March 1846

R Institution | 23 Mar 1846

Dear Sir

I will be at the Freemason’s Hall on Thursday2 & if you will allow me will say 7 o clk – for I must be elsewhere at ½ p 8 o clk3[.]

I am | My dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Philip Hardwicke Esq | &c &c &c

1
Philip Hardwick (1792–1870, ODNB). Architect to the Freemason’s Hall.
2
That is 26 March 1846. This visit was probably related to the installation of Faraday’s lantern ventilation system in the Hall. See Freemason’s Hall MS HC11/A/29-31.
3
Including a visit to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. See Airy to Faraday, 27 March 1846, letter 1851, volume 3.

Please cite as “Faraday1846b,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1846b