Faraday to William Charles Henry   9 August 18531

R Institution | 9 August 1853

My dear Sir

I have not the slightest objection only as the letter was written carelessly & in a hurry it may convey my ideas very imperfectly2[.] I cannot find a spare copy of my Speculation3 (printed in Phil Mag for the first six months of 1844) or I would send it[.] If you are led to look at it then for “mere philosopher” near the top of the second page read “wise philosopher”4[.]

I am My dear Sir | Most truly yours | M. Faraday

Dr. Henry | &c &c &c

1
William Charles Henry (1804-1892, Farrar et al. (1977)). Physician and chemist.
2
That is giving Henry permission to publish the second paragraph of letter 2714 in Henry (1854), 132-3.
3
Faraday (1844a).
4
Ibid., 137.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1844a): “A speculation touching Electric Conduction and the Nature of Matter”, Phil. Mag., 24: 136-44.

HENRY, William Charles (1854): Memoirs of the Life and Scientific Researches of John Dalton, London.

Please cite as “Faraday2715,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2715