Faraday to William Robert Grove   4 May 1852

R Institution | May 4, 1852

My dear Grove

M Dubois Reymond will be making his experiments here on Thursday1 next beginning about 11 o’clk & going on for 2 or 3 hours. I thought you would like to know I have seen one or two - beautiful2[.]

Ever Yours | M. Faraday

That is 6 May 1852.
These experiments were noted briefly in Lit.Gaz.,22 May 1852, p.435. These were on animal electricity as described in Bois-Reymond (1848-9).

Bibliography

BOIS-REYMOND, Emil Heinrich du (1848-9): Untersuchungen über thierische Elektricität, 2 volumes, Berlin.

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