Faraday to Benjamin Hawes1   28 December 1828

R Institution | Decr. 28th

My dear Sir

I do not know any good of even commonly good process of the kind you want. Chlorine ie bleaching liquid has been used but it either does not remove the stain of the stain returns after a while[.]

Your query is not a new one to me[.] Chantr[e]y2 has often asked me the same question & a dealer in statuary marble tried to tempt me once by saying a perfect method would be worth four or five thousand pounds.

Ever Dear Sir | Yours Very Truly | M. Faraday


Endorsed: Professor Faraday. | 1828.

1
Benjamin Hawes (1797–1862, ODNB). Businessman, Whig politician and son in law of Marc Isambard Brunel. Recipient identified on the basis that this letter was sold at Toovey’s auction of the Brunel-Hawes archive on 2 November 2010.
2
Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781–1841, ODNB). Sculptor.

Please cite as “Faraday0383a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0383a