The letters of Faraday and Schoenbein, 1836-1862 : with notes, comments and references to contemporary letters / edited by Georg W.A. Kahlbaum and Francis V. Darbishire.

Date:
1899
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Credit: The letters of Faraday and Schoenbein, 1836-1862 : with notes, comments and references to contemporary letters / edited by Georg W.A. Kahlbaum and Francis V. Darbishire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    In i<Si3 he entered a chemical factor}' at Boblingcn, as an apprentice to Bonz and Son, at that time Metzger and Kaiser. After serving his term of seven years apprenticeship, he was articled to the chemical factory of Dr. Dingier at Augs- burg, the editor of the well known Pol\'technical Journal. In 1821 he entered at the University of Erlangen, where the great thinker Schelling exerted a powerful influence upon him; but he removed to Tubingen University in the same A'ear, returning once more to Erlangen (during the winter term of 1822 to 1823), to finish his studies, after which he received an api:)ointraent at Friederich Frobefs renowned school. In 1825 he became a teacher at Dr. Mayo's institute at Epsom, on the recommen- dation of his friend C. F. Wurm. For two 3'ears he remained in England, where the conditions of living and the character of the people were very much to his mind, ])articularly when contrasted to France, where he went later. He had just returned, to England, in the autumn of the }'ear 1828, when he was invited to take, temjjorarily, the place f)f Peter Merian at Bale, who had fallen ill; and then in 1835 he was appointed full professor of Chemistry and Physics at the latter University. In Januar}' 1836 his correspondence with harada\' com- menced. The reading of these letters is in truth a great delight. For, apart from their historical \-aIue, they bring be- fore our minds these two eminent men, with all their feelings, sympathies, and individual dispositions, and involuntaril}' pro- duce in us a sense of kindly feeling towards them. To effect this is one of the duties, and not the least, of the biographer. Appreciating the importance of letters for the