Richard Sheepshanks to Faraday   16 April 18461

April 16, 1846

My dear Professor Faraday,

I want to know when you can best spare me a few minutes to suggest the best means of preserving the standard yard which I am commissioned to make2, in Mr. Baily's3 place. I am in no hurry, can find you at any time & place, & hope not to engage your attention long. I should want two or three days notice, not living in town, to be sure of keeping my appointment.

I intend to have bars of different metals & for one object, I must be able to secure them from the least oxidation. I propose gilding by the electrotype process but am a little puzzled how to secure them still further.

Believe me very truly yours | R. Sheepshanks

14 London Road, Reading.

Professor Faraday.

1
Richard Sheepshanks (1794-1855, DNB). Astronomer.
2
Faraday did see Sheepshanks about the standard yard on 28 April 1846. See Sheepshanks to Airy, 25 and 28 April 1846, RGO6 / 340, f.772-3, 774.
3
Francis Baily (1774-1844, DSB). Astronomer.

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