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resumed my station in the Royal Institution, and have, as you 

 know, ever since remained there. 



" I am, dear Sir, very truly yours, M. Faraday." 



The following is the note of Sir H.Davy, alluded to in Mr. Fara- 

 day's letter : 



'• To Mr. Faraday. 

 «' Sir, December 24, 1812. 



" I am far from displeased with the proof you have given me of 

 your confidence, and which displays great zeal, power of memory, 

 and attention. I am obliged to go out of town, and shall not be 

 settled in town till the end of January: I will then see you at any 

 time you wish. 



" It would gratify me to be of any service to you. I wish it may 

 be in my power. 



" I am. Sir, your obedient humble Servant, 



" H.Davy." 



The invention of the safety-lamp is a subject upon which Dr. 

 Paris has treated at considerable length, and his account is inter- 

 spersed with details of great interest. 



In consequence of some dreadful explosions which had occurred 

 in the coal-mines of the North of England, a society was formed 

 for preventing their recurrence, by inviting the attention of sci- 

 entific men to the subject, and obtaining from them any sugges- 

 tions which might lead to a more secure method of lighting the 

 mines. 



" To the Rev. Dr. Gray, the present Lord Bishop of Bristol," 

 says Dr. Paris, " who, at the period to which I allude, was the 

 Rector of Bishop-Wearmouth, and one of the most zealous and in- 

 telligent members of the Association, 1 beg to offer my public ac- 

 knowledgements and thanks for the several highly interesting com- 

 munications and letters with which His Lordship has obliged me; 

 and by means of which I have been enabled to present to the sci- 

 entific world a complete history of those proceedings which have 

 so happily led to a discovery, of which it is not too much to say 

 that it is, at once, the pride of science, the triumph of humanitj', 

 and the glory of the age in which we live." 



Having received a letter from Dr. Gray, as chairman of the Asso- 

 ciation, to engage him in an investigation of the subject, the fol- 

 lowing was Davy's answer. 



*' To the Reverend Dr. Gray. 

 " Sir, August 3, 181."). 



" I had the honour of receiving the letter which you addressed 

 to me in London, at this place, and I am much obliged to you for 

 calling my attention to so important a subject. 



" It will give me great satisfaction if my chemical knowledge can 

 be of any use in an inquiry so interesting to humanity; and I beg 

 you will assure the committee of my readiness to co-operate with 

 them in any experiments or investigations on the subject. 



" If you think my visiting the mines can be of any use, I will 

 cheerfully do so. 



" There 



