Con grandissimo dolore ho intesa la morte del cav. Melloni, inaspettatissime per me, e nel momento che egli impegnato in aggiugnere scoperte importanti alle scienze, nelle quali si aveva acquistato un gran nome.
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Povero Melloni la sua memoria non ritornerà mai senza profondo dolore a tutti gli amatori delle scienze naturali. Vi prego di manifestare il mio vivismo cordoglio alla di lui famiglia.
TRANSLATION
It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of Mr. Melloni, which was so unexpected, coming, as it did, at a time when he was engaged in making important discoveries for science, in which he had acquired a great renown.
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Poor Melloni - no lover of the natural sciences will be able to recall his memory without deep sadness. I ask you to convey my sincere sympathies to his family.
Please cite as “Faraday2881,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2881