Faraday to George Gabriel Stokes   21 December 1858

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | Albemarle Street W. | 21 Decr. 1858.

My dear Stokes

The accompanying is a MS copy of Dr. Giesecke1 MS meteorological observations made in Greenland. They have never been printed but are used as I understand by Dr. Giesecke in his papers printed on the continent. Sir William [sic] Trevelyan (of the Athenaeum Club) asked me where the observations could be fitly placed & I said I thought in the Royal Society’s library.- I therefore offer them in his name for the Society’s acceptance2[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

1
Charles Lewis Giesecke (1761-1833, ODNB). German born Professor of Mineralogy at the Royal Dublin Society, 1814-1833.
2
These observations, made between 1806 and 1813, are in RS MS MA 154 with the following inscription in Faraday’s hand on the title page: “Transcribed from the originals in Copenhagen, for W.C. Trevelyan”.

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