From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
[16 March 1827]
Source of text:
RI:F3.B395
Summary:
Proposes an adjustment in the proportions of the ingredients in the next glass-making experiment.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Proposes an adjustment in the proportions of the ingredients in the next glass-making experiment.
Suggests change in composition of a pot to be made by [Apsley] Pellatt for an experiment.
Has been trying to see him, unsuccessfully, about the affairs of the Optical Glass Committee. Hopes that JH will not resign from the Committee now that he is no longer Secretary at the R.S.L.
Hopes to meet JH in London, and to finish building for R.S.L. soon. Discusses various prisms for experiments. Mentions 'neat' process for drawing uranium from iron.
A furnace for glass making is under construction at the Royal Institution.
Indicates the best way for the glass subcommittee [of the R.S.L.] to deal with the results of glass experiments at the Royal Institution [see MF's 1827-11-3].
Informs MF that JH has been called to serve on a grand jury and so may have to miss some glass subcommittee meetings. [This note enclosed the letter written by JH on 1827-11-6.]