Faraday to George Smith   9 October 1830

Faraday’s report on this work was withdrawn on 23 January 1841 from PRO ADM106 / 1519, f.246 for use by the Admiralty Board and never replaced. The Navy Board Digest for 1830, PRO ADM106 / 2170 / 1, class 29.2 digests Faraday’s report of 25 October as follows: “Mr Farraday sends his report he thinks that analysis will give no useful indications & that the fitness of the Copper does not depend upon the comparative purity or impurity but upon some point at present unknown or not understood”. On the basis of this and referring specifically to this report Ibid. class 29 notes that on 25 October orders for 45 tons of copper were placed to be equally divided among the nine suppliers who had submitted their copper for the Navy Board’s tests.