Duke of Sutherland1 to Faraday   23 June 1863

London & North Western Railway | Secretary’s Office, Euston Station. | London. | N.W. | 23 June 1863

The Duke of Sutherland requests the presence of | Professor Faraday’s | company at Wolverton on Friday the 26th inst. at half past 11 o’clock on which day, weather permitting, a scientific ascent will be made by Mr. Glaisher in Mr. Coxwell’s2 large Balloon3[.]

The party will assemble for Luncheon at 2 o’clock[.]

A special train will leave the Euston station for Wolverton at 10.10 a.m leaving Wolverton for Euston at half past 3 o’clock[.]

The Station Master & ticket collector will recognize this note as passing the Bearer by the special train to and from Wolverton[.]

1
George Granville William Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (1828–1892, ODNB). Landowner, sportsman and traveller.
2
Henry Tracey Coxwell (1819–1900, ODNB). Balloonist.
3
For this ascent see Glaisher (1863b), 429-31.

Bibliography

GLAISHER, James (1863b): “An Account of the Meteorological and Physical Observations in Five Baloon Ascents in the year 1863 (in continuation of eight made in the preceding year)”, Rep. Brit. Ass., 426-516.

Please cite as “Faraday4337,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4337