Faraday to Humphrey Lloyd   14 October 18481

Royal Institution | 14 Octr. 1848

My dear Sir

I am not prepared to answer positively but I do not expect that Cobalt will beat well annealed soft iron in the points you refer to. As to the degree of power received I do not think it comes near the iron. My results were obtained chiefly with a piece that belongs to Dr. Percy of Birmingham2[.] It was prepared by Mr. Askin3 of Birmingham who manufactured the purest Nickel & Cobalt that I could ever find. He I grieve to say is dead for he regreted no pains to help me & others with the pure substances4. Dr. Percy was intimately acquainted with him and if you require further information will I am sure be rejoiced to help you & science his residence is 56 New Hall Street, Birmingham[.]

Ever My dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Revd. Profr Lloyd | &c &c &c

1
Humphrey Lloyd (1800-1881, DSB). Physicist and President of the Royal Irish Academy, 1846-1851.
2
See Faraday (1845d), 1.
3
Charles Askin (d.1847, J.Chem.Soc., 1847, 1: 149-50). Metallurgist.
4
See Faraday, Diary, 26 November 1845, 4: 8440-2.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1845d): “On the Magnetic Relations and Characters of the Metals”, Phil. Mag., 27: 1-3.

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