Faraday to Edward Frankland   10 January 18601

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 11 [sic] Jany 1860

My dear Frankland

I return the Collodion balloons I hope all safe & ready for use2[.] I hope I have not had them away at an inconvenient moment.

Curious fatality with us just now Owen lectured3 to day with the smallest possible amount of voice & I was very glad he gave in 15’ or 20’ before the hour was over4[.]

Ever Your Obliged | M. Faraday

1
Dated on the basis of the reference to Owen’s lecture.
2
He used these for his Christmas lectures, Faraday (1860b). See letters 3702 and 3705.
3
The first of Owen’s Fullerian course “Fossil Birds and Reptiles”, RI MS Le4/227.
4
Owen (1894), 2: 97 noted that he had a cold and gave “only three-quarters of lecture”.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1860b): A course of six lectures on the various forces of Matter, and their relations to each other, London

OWEN, Richard (1894): The Life of Richard Owen, 2 volumes, London.

Please cite as “Faraday3709,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3709