1Faraday to Harriet Fellows2   2 April 1855

Mr Faraday present his compliments & very sincere thanks to Lady Fellows for the Cocoons & silk for which he is very grateful. Tomorrow he will take them to Hastings & there occupy himself by winding the silk off & thinking of its uses3. They promise exceedingly well for his purpose.

Royal Institution | 2 April 1855

1
This letter is black-edged. See note 1, letter 2942.
2
Harriet Fellows, olim Knight (d.1874, age 65, GRO). Married the traveller and archaeologist Charles Fellows (1799-1860, DNB) in 1848. See under his DNB entry.
3
See Faraday, Diary, 28 and 29 March 1855, 6: 13728-31 where Faraday noted the problems he was experiencing with using silk in his torsion experiments.

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