I
am not prepared either to agree or deny your reasoning. I am in doubt
whether the action is of the direct chemical kind which you consider it
but the doubt arises more from general notions than any particular
reason and I have not time to think the subject over so as to say into
what opinion of the causes which operate in the experiment I should
finally settle<2>
2.
The topic of this chemical
conversation remains a mystery. [See Schaaf, Out of the
Shadows,
p.37].
3) Date: 26 May 1834
Document
Number: 02892 Recipient: WHFT Author: FARADAY Michael Collection:
Lacock Abbey Collection Fox Talbot
Museum Lacock Collection Number Historic:
LA34-017
The University of Glasgow-Project Director:
Professor Larry J
Schaaf