Royal Institution | 26 Decr. 1848
My dear Hawes
The battery shall be at your service only I am obliged to make a condition. We use now Grove's battery and have but 20 pair of plates which are enough for every thing philosophical. I mostly employ 10 pair in the Lectures to decompose &c and you shall have ten for your purpose but I shall want them for use in the lectures next Tuesday 2 i.e. this day week and must ask you to let me have them back on the Monday. Will that do? When Mr. Thompson3 comes if I am not at home let him ask for Mr Anderson & then he will get all he will want[.]
I wish I could be with the little ones listening for I delight in seeing their quick apprehension of things & the activity of their minds - but I am shut out from all such pleasures by the need of rest - else headache & confusion comes & that I try to avoid[.]
Ever My dear Sir | Most truly Yours | M. Faraday
W. Hawes Esq | &c &c &c
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