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This volume of Faraday's correspondence with such luminaries as Brunel, Babbage and Schoenbein covers such diverse topics as terrestrial and atmospheric magnetism, the electrification of lighthouses, the theory of telegraphic retardation, and advice to the government on the war with Russia.