Michael Faraday's correspondence

A brief history of Michael Faraday's correspondence, from 1811–1867.

A complete edition of Michael Faraday's approximately 4900 extant letters in six volumes, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly the Institution of Electrical Engineers) under the editorship of Frank James at the Royal Institution.

The project has taken over twenty years to complete with volume 1 published in 1991 and volume 6 in December 2011.

You can read all six volumes of Faraday's correspondence on the Institute of Engineering and Technology digital library.

Brief overviews of each volume are given below.

A history of Michael Faraday's correspondence