Faraday to James Macomie1   26 December 1851

Royal Institution | 26 Decr 1851

My dear friend

Have you such a thing as a beating hammer about 14lb which you can lend me next Monday2. If so I will send for it[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Mr J. Macomie

1
James Macomie (d.1874, age 66, GRO). A nephew in law of Faraday’s. Described as a bookbinder in the 1871 census, TNA RG10/856, f.85, p.23.
2
That is 29 December 1851. Faraday needed this for his second Christmas lecture on ‘Aggregation’ (delivered the following day) in the series ‘On Attractive Forces’. His notes for this are in RI MS F4 J12, f.6.

Please cite as “Faraday2486a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2486a