Faraday to Thomas Stevenson   13 July 1859

The Green | Hampton Court | 13 July 1859.

My dear Sir

In breaking up my town establishment & coming here I have mislaid your volume¹ which was to come here & for the moment cannot find it. It will turn up soon & shall be put apart²[.]

As for the Electric light it remains with Trinity House & Government to decide on its application. That Profr. Holmes sustained a light beyond any other I have seen in a lighthouse is an established fact, but there are certain points respecting security - expence &c which are serious³. The light is not mine any further than as Professor Holmes employs the Magneto-electric current which I discovered so the Electricity thus obtained is often named after me & I suppose you have in that way heard my name associated with the light. The first Magneto-electric spark was mine⁴ but it was very different to the spark in the South Foreland lighthouse[.]

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

Thos. Stevenson Esqr. | &c &c &c