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Three magnetic line of force patterns made by Faraday and given to a friend

Specimen of optical glass containing "borosilicate of lead" prepared by Faraday

1824-1830

Experimental steel alloys made by Michael Faraday (1820-1824)

1820-1824

Five experimental coils used by Faraday, 1820-1850

1821-1850

[Letter] 1853 May 31, Royal Institution [to an unnamed correspondent] / M. Faraday. [Concerns decay of books in the Athenaeum, caused by emission of sulphurous and sulphuric acid from gas-lamps]

Letter 1853 May 31

1853

[Letter] 1837 Jul 13, R[oyal] Institution [to] Revt. Prof. Henslow / M. Faraday. [As a member of the committee of the Faculty of Arts for Chemistry, Animal and Vegetable Physiology, asking Henslow's opinion of the revised minimum requirements for the degree of B.A. and the amount of chemistry that should be included. 2p.on 1 leaf]

Letter 1837 Jul 13

1837

[Letter] 1822 May 26, Royal Institution, London [to A-M] Ampere, Paris / M. Faraday. [3p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. Refers to previous correspondence of Ampere with himself and with Brewster; mentions Darblay (in London), Hachette and Laplace. Faraday receives French journals irregularly and is impatient for news, especially of Ampere's work]

[Letter] 1822 May 26

1822

Replica of Faraday's induction coil, 1831

Faraday's induction ring (replica), 1831

1831

Two sealed glass tubes containing liquid benzene (C6H6) and perchlorethane (C2Cl6) mounted on board. Prepared by Michael Faraday and taken from his cabinet, 1825-1867.

Faraday Samples, Benzene and Perchlorethane, 1825-1867

1825-1867

[Letter] 1863 Jun 29 [to his nephew] Malcolm [Giles] / M. Faraday. [2p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. Embossed with Royal Institution of Great Britain. Praises his school work and sends him sixpence]

Letter 1863 Jun 29 [to his nephew] Malcolm [Giles], M. Faraday

1863 Jun 29

[Letter, 1824] Mar 19, Royal Institution [to] Frederick Pollock/Michael Faraday, [re his experiments on the condensation of gases, etc. (as published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 113, 1823, 189-198). Mentions giving evidence on the relative advantages of oil gas and coal gas to a House of Commons Committee which included Pollock's brother, David.]

Letter, 1824 Mar 19

1824