Faraday to Thomas Andrews   12 August 1856

Royal Institution | 12 Aug 1856

My dear Andrews

Your note shocked me very much and my thoughts continually turn to poor Regnault. Mr. Barnard and I were with him at Sevres for several hours together on the previous Friday¹ and saw all his apparatus there and how he mounted himself up in his chair to read his manometer which I think 30 or 40 feet high. I cannot help supposing it was in some of these places he was engaged when he fell & yet cannot call to mind any chimney like that you speak of. When I read the account to Dr. Bence Jones he seemed to hope that the case was not so bad as your note supposed: he thought that though the concussion must have been very great yet that the symptoms were not desperate. I hope it is so and that by this time there is some degree of recovery. I shall be very anxious until I know. Mr Barnard will be passing through Paris in a day or two perhaps he may bring me good accounts[.]

I reached home in safety the same day that I left Paris & with a strong remembrance of all your kindness. It was time that I should return for I found when I reached home that I wanted 2 or 3 days rest before I could get out of the exhaustion into which I fell. Now I am quite well again[.]

With kindest regards to Mrs Andrews² & remembrances to all friends

I am My dear Andrews | Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

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