Faraday to William Henry Smyth1   16 April 1865

Royal Institution of Great Britain. | 16. April 1865.

My dear Admiral Smyth,

Many thanks for your copy of the Sidereal Chromatics 2. I hope [blank in MS] my grateful expressions[.]

May I ask you when you have opportunity to thank Dr. Lee3. My own opportunities & powers are rapidly failing away.

Ever your’s | Sd.) M. Faraday

1
William Henry Smyth (1788–1865, ODNB). Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, 1837–1839 and 1850–1856. Rear Admiral from 1853.
2
Smyth (1864).
3
John Lee (1783–1866, ODNB). Antiquarian and man of science who paid for the publication of Smyth’s works.

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