George Gabriel Stokes to Faraday   8 January 1853

Pembroke College Cambridge | Jan 8th 1853

My dear Sir,

A passage in my last letter¹ must have puzzled you if you have referred to art. 221 of my paper². Writing from memory I spoke of Dr. Draper’s experiment as having been prepared with an Argand lamp, whereas I see it is incandescent lime ³. Draper speaks of the effect of an Argand lamp in the same paper. I am nearly sure I had it originally in my M.S. an Argand lamp, but corrected it⁴ on referring to the original paper in the Phil.Mag. I merely mention this to excuse (as far as it is excusable) my mistake, which I fear may have caused you needless trouble. As to the experiment itself, I should like very well to perform it along with you if you feel an interest in this particular subject; but if getting up the lime light should involve any trouble, or if you wish to reserve your time for more important matters, there will be no occasion to try the experiment at the Royal Institution, for a friend of mine in Cambridge has a lime light apparatus, so that I could try the experiment here.

I am dear Sir | Yours very truly | G.G. Stokes