Faraday to John Zephaniah Bell   9 June 18581

R Institution | 9 June 1858

My dear Sir

Could you oblige me with the piece of apparatus, a magnetic needle on a handle diagram

The others I do not want until you have done with them2.

Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

J.Z Bell Esqr | &c &c &c

1
John Zephaniah Bell (1794-1883, AlKL). Scottish artist living in London with strong Sandemanian connections. Cantor (1991), 51.
2
This was for Faraday (1858c), Friday Evening Discourse of 11 June 1858. Bell is mentioned in Faraday’s notes RI MS F4 G54.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1858c): “On Wheatstone’s Electric Telegraph in relation to Science (being an argument in favour of the full recognition of Science as a branch of Education)”, Proc. Roy. Inst., 2: 555-60.

Please cite as “Faraday3451,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3451