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Faraday to John Barlow   8 May 1849

Wimbledon | 8 May 1849.

My dear Barlow

Your letter & Mr. Brandes offer1 are very kind indeed but I am happy to say I feel no doubt about next Saturday2. My present purpose is to be in town in the course of Friday to prepare &c.

Perhaps a short advertisement on Saturday Morning3 saying Mr Faradays 2nd lecture will be delivered this day &c &c might be advisable[.] If you think so will you tell Lacy[.]

Ever Yours | M. Faraday

I intend to write to Mr. Brande to thank him. MF

1
Because of his illness, Faraday had not been able to deliver two of his course of eight post Easter Saturday lectures on static electricity which he had commenced on 21 April; he had not been able to lecture on 28 April and 5 May 1849. RI MM, 7 May 1849, 10: 184 records that Brande offered to undertake Faraday’s lectures for him. Barlow was asked to inform Faraday of this offer. Faraday made up the missed lectures on 12 and 16 June 1849 (RI Lectures Index). Faraday’s lecture notes are in RI MS F4 J10.
2
That is 12 May 1849.
3
Such an advert was placed in the Morning Post, 12 May 1849, p.1, col. e.

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