Faraday to Lewis Vulliamy   14 March 18291

R Institution | Mar. 14. 1829.

My dear Sir

I beg to thank you most sincerely for your kindness in sending me specimens of the Stone used at the Post Office2[.]

I am inclined to think that the subject will probably be continued during the season3 & then I shall have an opportunity of making use of your kindness[.]

I am dear Sir | Your Very Obliged | M. Faraday

W. [sic] Vulliamy Esq | &c &c

1
Lewis Vulliamy (1791-1871, DNB). Architect.
2
The new General Post Office in St Martin’s Le Grand was nearing completion at this time. See Athenaeum, 30 September 1829, p.616-7.
3
Faraday had, on 27 February 1829, given a Friday Evening Discourse on testing the action of weather on building materials (see Quart.J.Sci., 1829, 27: 371-2). The subject was not continued later in the season.

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