Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Faraday   16 May 18491

May 16

My dear Sir

A very intelligent american Mr Francis2 is sent over to England at the expence of a company or association to enquire thoroughly into the use of corrosive sublimate for preserving timber and particularly to investigate the causes of its present disuse. I have given him all the information in my power but as he says he dare not go back to America without seeing you. Knowing your engagements I have not complied with his request to give him a note to you without first ascertaining if it suits you or whether it is too great an inconvenience.

Trusting you are in good health

Believe me dear sir | Your faithfull | I.K. Brunel

1
Recipient and date established on the basis that letter 2182 is the reply.
2
James Bicheno Francis (1815-1892, DAB). American civil engineer.

Please cite as “Faraday2181,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2181