Faraday to James Pattison Cockburn   8 June 1843

R Institution | Thursday 8 June 1843

My dear Sir

I think I shall not be able ultimately to approve so unreservedly of Zinc roofs or roofs of copper or any metallic substance as I did yesterday in the first thought but by the time I have your queries I shall have settled my mind. This does not in any way influence what was said about bearing of brass & iron &c &c1[.]

Ever Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Coll. Cockburn | &c &c

1
This letter refers to Faraday's investigation into the cause of the explosion at the Waltham Abbey gunpowder works on 13 April 1843. For accounts of the explosion see Ill.Lond.News, 1843, 2: 275-6 and Times, 15 April 1843, p.5, cols. b-c. For Faraday's views see letter 1502.

Please cite as “Faraday1500,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1500