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FARADAY, Michael (1791-1867). Autograph letter signed 'M Faraday' to J. Martin Jones, Royal Institution, 30 December 1835, 4 pages, folio, (slight wear along one fold); and Thomas TELFORD (1757-1834), autograph letter signed to Messrs J.&R. Prossers, Architects, 28 November 1829, 24 Abingdon Street, Westminster, 1 page, 4to with integral address leaf with seal (minor tear at fold, some browning), concerning the Clifton Bridge.
Faraday gives his detailed opinion on 'the principle that the same bulk of a gas is abstracted by water whatever be its previous density from extraneous pressure', offering his theories by using ammonia rather than water; written in a period when he was engrossed in his research into electricity, to such an extent that it precipitated his illness the following year. (2)
Faraday gives his detailed opinion on 'the principle that the same bulk of a gas is abstracted by water whatever be its previous density from extraneous pressure', offering his theories by using ammonia rather than water; written in a period when he was engrossed in his research into electricity, to such an extent that it precipitated his illness the following year. (2)
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