Philip Melvill to Faraday   30 May 18451

Mr. Philip Melvill presents his compliments to Professor Faraday, and begs to forward the accompanying Minute of the Political and Military Committee dated the 29th Instant2, with a Collection of Papers relative to Lightning Conductors as applied to Powder Magazines in the East Indies; and to request that, in accordance with the Committee's wishes Professor Faraday will favor the Committee with his opinion on the subject. Mr. Melvill begs to add that, if convenient, Professor Faraday may after perusal of the papers, transmit them to Professor Wheatstone; and that their report may be separate or joint according to their own arrangement3.

East India House | 30th May 1845.

1
Philip Melvill (1817-1854, AC). Secretary of the Military Department of the East India Company.
2
Minutes of the Political and Military Committee of the East India Company, 29 May 1845, IOLR MS L/MIL/1/60, p.85.
3
See, respectively, letter 1745 and Wheatstone to Melvill, 8 August 1845, IOLR MS F/4/2099, Collection 98202, pp.159-70.

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