William Alexander Baillie Hamilton to Faraday   26 August 18471

Admiralty | 26 August 1847

Sir,

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request that you will, in conjunction with Lieut Colonel Irvine2, the Director of Engineering & Architectural Works at Somerset House, report upon the working of Mr Gamble's3 Electro Magnetic Telegraph upon the Great Western Railway4.

I have the honor to be | Sir | Your most obedient Servant | W.A.B. Hamilton

Professor Faraday | &c &c &c


Endorsed by Faraday: Admiralty 26 Aug 1847 request to make a second report on Notts telegraph - & my reply &c

1
William Alexander Baillie Hamilton (1803-1881, B1). Second Secretary of the Admiralty, 1845-1855.
2
Archibald Irvine (d.1850, age 52, GRO). Director of Engineering for the Admiralty.
3
Probably Douglas Pitt Gamble, holder of patent 11,524, dated 11 January 1847, on "Electric-telegraphs". Otherwise unidentified.
4
See Admiralty Digest for 1847, PRO ADM12 / 477, class 59.11.

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