| Level | Item |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | HMLAdd/129 |
| Title | Letter from Harriet Martineau, [The Knoll] Ambleside, Westmoreland addressed to 'Sir' [Andrew Crosse (1784-1855, electrician)] |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Date | [c 1859] |
| Description | Harriet Martineau introduces herself as the writer of 'History of the Thirty Years Peace', now in course of publication (published 1849). The content of the letter concerns Crosse's scientific experiments in 1837 as a result of which he claimed to have produced animal life in connection with arrangements of a voltaic battery. Martineau enquires if he still maintains his theory and asks if [Michael] Faraday (1791-1867, natural philosopher) also 'believed in 1837 that it was a revivification or a production of the insect that took place; & what his opinion now is?' She asks for an urgent response 'because the M.S. of that portion of my History must be printed off' |
| Access Status | Open |