Faraday to Pierre Antoine Favre   9 August 18531

London | Royal Institution | 9 August 1853.

Sir

I have received your very kind letter and also your most important work2. I want words to express the deep sense I entertain of your kindness and consideration for one who is not unfrequently discouraged because he cannot do all he desires to do and can have no future hope of imitating the industry and depth of research which characterise such a work as yours. Nevertheless the good will of such men as yourself is to me a strong motive to perseverence as far as it is permitted to my strength. But where physical strength and memory fail there the expectation & hopes cannot well be strengthened. If you have the opportunity pray present my most sincere respects and congratulations to M. Silbermann3 and believe me to be with the highest esteem

Your Most faithful Servant | M. Faraday

à Monsieur | Monsieur P.A. Favre | &c &c &c


Address: A Monsieur | Monsieur P.A. Favre | &c &c &c | 11 Rue d’Enfer | à Paris

1
Pierre Antoine Favre (1813-1880, DSB). Head of the chemistry laboratory at the Central School of Arts and Manufactures, Paris.
2
Possibly Favre (1853).
3
Johann Theobald Silbermann (1806-1865, P2, 3). Scientific instrument maker in Paris.

Bibliography

FAVRE, Pierre Antoine (1853): Recherches thermochimiques sur les composés formés en proportions multiples [et] Recherches thermiques sur les courants hydro-électriques, Paris.

Please cite as “Faraday2716,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2716