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more than in the resinous disk of the electrophorus, 

 which can receive a higher charge and retain it for 

 a very long time ; in fact, the power of becoming 

 polarized must be a fundamental property of all 

 bodies. 



I have read with the greatest interest the papers 

 you published in Poggendorff's Annalen and in the 

 English Journals, and can only urge you to follow 

 up this important investigation. 



With the profoundest respect, 

 Dear Sir, 



Yours very truly, 



JAC. BERZELIUS. 



Schonbein to Berzelius 



DEAR SIR, 



I have taken the liberty of sending you the 

 last number of the Transactions of the Swiss 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, with 

 a humble request that you will give it a kindly 

 reception. 



Though it does not contain much of great interest, 

 you will perhaps gather from it that the Swiss 

 have at least the wish to enlarge the boundary of 

 science. 



The accompanying three numbers of the Eeport of 

 the work of the Scientific Club of this town are 

 intended for the Eoyal Academy, and as President of 



