Faraday to James Sheridan Muspratt   8 May 1846

R Institution | 8 May 1846

Dear Sir

The paper is ready for Dr. Dieffenbach1 when he calls. I am very sorry I cannot put with it a copy of my last experiments2, but the number I have usually had has been shortened by the Society3 & I am obliged to contract my list much[.]

As to the Royal I am a bad adviser because I rank as a reformer there & do not advocate or sign any certificate except of parties who have communicated a paper to the Transactions[.] But a great many enter upon other conditions & I of course do not oppose them4[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Dr. Muspratt | &c &c &c

1
Ernst Dieffenbach (1811-1855, P1). Professor of Geology at the University of Giessen.
2
That is Faraday (1846b, c, d), ERE19, 20 and 21.
4
Muspratt was never elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, though there is no evidence to suggest that he was nominated.

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