Faraday, Michael à Ampère, André-Marie
M. Ampère, &c &c &c
Royal Institution,
4 mai 1833 My dear Sir
It gives me very great pleasure at all times to have the honor of a
letter or even a verbal message from you but that pleasure was on the occasion of your last
letter mixed with pain that I should inadvertently have grieved you. I am extremely indebted to
you for your kindness in putting me right and as I had a paper in the press I instantly stopped
the printer's progress and applied to the President His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and
obtained leave to attach a note to the paper amending my error (1). I have also urged the
printer forward that I might procure a copy of the note which I now send to you and I hope you
will find it every thing that you wished for. I am exceedingly sorry for my mistake but when
you have read the note I am sure you will not be surprised at it.
Occupation presses on
me to such a degree that I have barely time now to write these few words and I think I may
therefore assume that the note will answer the greater part of your letter.
I am
delighted to find that you are experimenting on the subject and shall be quite anxious to read
your paper on the action of heat. From what you state I should suppose the effects are
altogether new but shall scrupulously refrain from making the experiments or even thinking on
the matter until I see your results.
I am still at work and shall send you papers as they
come out. I have just sent in one - (my fourth series of experimental researches) on a new law
of Electric conduction (2) to the Royal Society but it has not yet been read. I have another in
hand but the experiments are incomplete (3).
Wishing you full recovery of health &
spirits that you may still vigorously & successfully pursue what I know gives you such
delight and is to you a source of so much honor
I am
My Very dear Sir
Yours
Most faithfully
M. Faraday
(1) FARADAY, Michael. “Experimental Researches in Electricity. Third Series. Identity of
Electricities derived from different sources. Relation by measure of common and voltaic
Electricity”, Philosophical Translations of the Royal Society, 1833, 123, p. 23-54.
(2) FARADAY, Michael. “Experimental Researches in Electricity. Fourth Series. On a new Law
of Electric Conduction. On Conducting Power Generally”, Philosophical Translations of the
Royal Society, 1833, 123, p. 507-522.
(3) FARADAY, Michael. “Experimental Researches in Electricity. Fifth Series. On
Electro-Chemical Decomposition”, Translations of the Royal Society, 1833, 123, p.
675-710.
Lettre publiée dans Frank A. J. L. James (ed.), The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, London: IEE, vol. 2 (1831-1840), 1993, Letter 660, p.132
Source de l'édition électronique de la lettre :
JAMES, Frank A. J. L. (ed.). The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, London: IEE, vol. 2 (1831-1840), 1993, Letter 660, p.132
Autre source de la lettre : original manuscrit
Londres, Institution of Electrical Engineers Manuscript, Special Collection 3 [note de Franck JAMES]
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