Faraday to Charles Manby 28 February 1856

R Institution | 28 Feby 1856

My dear Sir

You are at full liberty to use the information in the account of Zerah Colburn¹ in any way you please²[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

C. Manby Esqr | &c &c &c

Address: Charles Manby Esq | &c &c &c | 25 Gt. George Street | Westminster

Zerah Colburn (1804-1840, Smith (1983), 181-210). American calculating boy.

See note 1, letter 3093.

Bibliography

SMITH, Steven B. (1983): The Great Mental Calculators: The Psychology, Methods, and Lives of Calculating Prodigies, Past and Present, New York.

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