Faraday to John Frederick William Herschel   3 November 1827

Royal Institution | Nov. 3. 1827.

Dear Sir

Not having seen you this week I write because I shall leave town on Monday for 8 or 10 days. Our furnace proceeds very well but being very massive requires careful drying[.] A fire is made in it every day & all day long & I judge that from the progress that has been made we may make a good fire in it by the time that I shall return[.]

I have been to Whitefriars & find Mr. Green1 anxious to do all he can for us. I have ordered some lead sand alkali &c &c to the Institution furnace and also some glass pots or crucible with jackets & covers to be made immediately for use here[.] I hope all this will meet with your approbation.

I am dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

J.F.W. Herschel Esq | &c &c &c

1
James Green (whose name disappears from the membership list of the Society of Arts after 1829) was co-partner in the Falcon Glass Works where the original glass furnace was located. See Faraday (1830a), 3.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1830a): “On the manufacture of Glass for optical purposes”, Phil. Trans., 120: 1-57.

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