Faraday to Edward Meryon   20 October 18531

New Road | Hammersmith | 20 Octr. 1853

Dear Sir

I think you must refer to a little apparatus which by the position of a series of little ivory balls shews the progress of undulations & is intended to illustrate the wave theory of light. If so the one you saw probably belonged to the Revd. Robt. Walker2 of Oxford. There are others about town. I think that Newman 122 Regent St our instrument maker has one, if not he knows where they are. The apparatus has no reference to the water lines of ships that I am aware of[.]

Ever faithfully Yours | M. Faraday

Dr. Meryon | &c &c &c

1
Edward Meryon (1809-1880, B2). Physician.
2
Robert Walker (1801-1865, B3). Professor of Experimental Philosophy at the University of Oxford, 1839-1865.

Please cite as “Faraday2745,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2745