Faraday to Gilbert Farquhar Graeme Mathison   20 January 18321

Royal Institution | Jany 20. 1832.

Dear Sir,

I am satisfied of the practicability & efficacy of the plan you have shewed me. I believe that it only requires to be carried properly into effect to abate the whole of the nuisance2.

I am | M. Faraday.

To | G.F. Mathison Esq | &c

1
Gilbert Farquhar Graeme Mathison, melter and refiner of the Mint. Craig (1953), 304-5. There is some variation in the spelling of his name.
2
Mathison, as a private venture, was extracting silver from gold at the Mint. This involved the release of noxious fumes into the air, causing complaints from local residents. See Craig (1953), 304-5. See also Morrison to Faraday, 8 October 1831, letter 516, volume 1.

Bibliography

CRAIG, John (1953): The Mint: A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948, Cambridge.

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