Robert Stephenson¹ to Faraday 12 February 1856²

34 Gloucester Sq | Tuesday Morning

My dear Sir

Mr Bidder’s³ lecture is again put off until this day week when I hope it will be quite convenient for you to attend⁴[.]

Yours Sincerely | Rob Stephenson

Professor Faraday

Robert Stephenson (1803-1859, ODNB). Railway engineer and President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1856-1857.

Dated on the basis that this continues on from letter 3083.

George Parker Bidder (1806-1878, ODNB). Civil engineer.

Bidder (1856) read to the Institution of Civil Engineers on 19 February 1856.

Bibliography

BIDDER, George Parker (1856): “On Mental Calculation”, Min. Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng., 15: 251-80.

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