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reproduce a photograph of Bunsen, Kirchhoff and 

 myself, taken in Manchester in the above year. 



During their stay in London we visited the 

 Exhibition of that year and saw some of the usual 

 sights of the metropolis, and I remember we attended 

 a garden-party given by Mr. Gassiot, who lived in a 

 large house at Clapham. It was a lovely day, and my 

 two friends were very much struck with the beauty 

 of an English garden ; Faraday was there, and I 

 introduced them to him. It was on this occasion that 

 a lady, mistaking the chemist for the Chevalier 

 Bunsen, addressed to him the question : " Pray, sir, 

 have you not yet finished your great work on * God 

 and History'?" "Alas, no, madam," replied the 

 chemist ; " my untimely death prevented me from 

 completing my task." 



Of course Sir Charles Wheatstone invited us to 

 visit him, and he talked with his usual emphasis about 

 his own discoveries. Bunsen was much amused, and 

 afterwards, when we were staying at Wastwater, at 

 the Lakes, he fancied he saw a strong resemblance 

 between Mrs. Ritson, the landlady, and Sir Charles, 

 and remembered the place for years, often referring to 

 " Frau Wheatstone " and the tame fox which was kept 

 in the yard. 



A characteristic episode occurred at Rugby, where 

 my friends had promised to visit Mr. Charles Arnold, 

 one of the Rugby masters, who had married a 

 Heidelberg lady. Mr. Arnold had arranged for us 

 to stay with him on Saturday night, and we were 

 to go to my house in Manchester on the Sunday, as 

 I had invited Dr. Joule, Professor Clifton, and other 

 scientific friends to meet them. On the Saturday, Mr. 

 Arnold said to me : " Oh, your friends will certainly 

 stop over service to-morrow." I said I didn't know 



