Faraday to William Whewell   6 September 1850

R Institution | 6 Septr 1850

My dear Sir

I ought to have sent you the enclosed before. Another friend found the difficulty you refer to1 & this wood cut was the consequence2.

I was only waiting to send it with something better. Many thanks for your last letter. I will use Paramagnetic and restrain its intention as you suggest. The atmospheric magnetism works out beautifully, but my head aches with thinking of it & I am now so giddy I must lay the matter down for a few days[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Revd. Dr Whewell | &c &c &c

2
The illustration of the apparatus in Faraday (1850), ERE23, p.188 was omitted from the offprint. See Faraday’s copy in RI MS F3 F.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1850): “Experimental Researches in Electricity. - Twenty-third Series. On the polar or other condition of matter”, Phil. Trans., 140: 171-88.

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