Item K/PP62/1/24-37 - Correpondence with surgeon Joseph Henry Green, 1839-1840

Correspondence with Joseph Henry Green, surgeon at St Thomas's Hospital, London, and literary executor for Samuel Taylor Coleridge, notably including resistance as a proof of the existence of matter, ontological reflections concerning the proposed reconciliation of phenomenal experience with the atomic theory of matter; Green challenging Daniell's faith in the atomic theory and stressing the dynamic component in chemical reactions; assigning polarity to elements, on magnetism being a force unconfined to magnetic metals and opinion on the subject of Henrik Steffens, German natural philosopher; whether elements be discreet 'sensuous phenomena' or representations of forces; on God in nature; copies of replies from Daniell to Green on God in nature, the circularity of mutability and rebirth, refuting the opinions of the German philosophers regarding the role of force in chemistry. Also including note on Daniell's theories leading to a single commentary of the fall and redemption chronicled in Scripture; draft of a lecture by Daniell describing the instruction of chemistry students and comparing students at King's College London with those of other schools; copies of letters from Daniell to William Snow Harris, electrical pioneer, on the conduction of electricity, Daniell suspending his study of meteorology due to lecturing commitments; on the illness of Michael Faraday and in consequence, Daniell's offer to deliver some of Faraday's lectures at the Royal Institution, London, 1839-1840. 14 items.