Faraday to Charles Richard Weld   25 July 1857

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 25 July 1857

My dear Sir

I return you Professor Plucker’s paper1. Though founded on experiment it is mathematical in character and in that respect far beyond my powers of judgment. I am therefore unable to form any opinion of its accuracy and because of that am unable to help the Committee of papers in deciding upon its eligibility for publication2[.]

I am | My dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

C.R. Weld Esqr | &c &c &c


Endorsement: 1857 Plücker by Faraday (decl[in]ing to report)

1
Plücker (1858f).
2
The paper was refereed by William Thomson and George Gabriel Stokes (RS MS RR 3.222 and 224 respectively) and approved for publication on 10 December 1857 (RS MS CMB90d).

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