William Thomson to Faraday   21 April 1849

(No 2) College, Glasgow | April 21, 1849

My dear Sir

I have just received your kind letter and I hasten to let you know that I am not now at Cambridge. I expect however to arrive there on Friday week (May 4) and if that is not too late, I shall then most gladly undertake your commission and send the copies of your paper¹ to the gentlemen you mention - and to the Society². I shall be extremely obliged to you for the copy which you design for me. I am particularly anxious to become acquainted with the subject of your recent researches of which I have heard and read some very imperfect accounts, as it is a subject in which I am greatly interested. I hope to have an opportunity in London in May or June of hearing one of your lectures as I have done before with so much pleasure.

I am not sure whether I have ever mentioned to you that I have been made Professor of Natural Philosophy in this University³, and that I am therefore at home here during at least the winter six months of the year. My father⁴ until his death⁵ was Professor of Mathematics here, and thus my early associations are connected with the place where it is likely I shall remain for life. For the present however I retain my fellowship in St. Peter’s College, and therefore I usually spend much of the summer six months at Cambridge.

I remain, My dear Sir, | Your’s very truly | William Thomson

Prof. Faraday