Faraday to Maria Drummond1   27 March 1846

Royal Institution | 27 Mar 1846.

My dear Mrs. Drummond

The Astronomer Royal2 & I believe Mrs. Marcet with others will be with me on Monday next3 at 1 o’clk to see the experiments I spoke of4. If you still feel inclined to enter our subterranean recess, come.

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

1
Maria Drummond, née Kinnaird (1810–1891, P[aul] (1891). Widow of Thomas Drummond. She was a member of the Royal Institution from 1848.
2
George Biddell Airy.
3
That is 30 March 1846.
4
That is the magneto-optical effect and diamagnetism.

Bibliography

P[AUL], C[harles] K[egan] (1891) Maria Drummond: A Sketch, London.

Please cite as “Faraday1853a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1853a