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Faraday to William Crawford Williamson   27 December 18531

Royal Institution, 27th December, 1853.

Dear Sir, - That I have withdrawn my letter on table-turning is a very fit assertion for the table-turners to make, and quite in keeping with the whole subject, inasmuch as it is utterly untrue. Do me the favour to contradict the assertion everywhere. At first I considered that the matter might be gently dealt with, as a mistake generally; but now I consider that it is simply contemptible.

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William Crawford Williamson (1816-1895, DNB). Professor of Natural History, Anatomy and Physiology at Owens College, Manchester, 1851-1892. Recipient, and author of the letter, established on the basis that this is the reply to letter 2769.

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