Faraday to John Scott Russell   28 December 18471

R Institution | 28 Decr. 1847

Dear Russel[l]

We are sadly inconvenienced by not having had the things returned from the Soc Arts according to the promise2: for Mr Brande is lecturing3 & wants them[.] Let us have them back at once and if you can before or by 4 oclk today (Tuesday)

Ever Yours | M. Faraday

1
John Scott Russell (1808-1882, DNB). Secretary of the Society of Arts, 1845-1850.
2
See Barlow to Davenport, 12 December 1847, RSA MS D12/425 for the agreement of the Royal Institution to lend this apparatus.
3
That is Brande's Christmas Lectures on the “Elements of Organic Chemistry”. Rec.Roy.Inst., 1967, p.29.

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