Faraday to Albert Way   10 March 1853¹

Royal Institution | 10 March 1853

Dear Sir

I have seen & talked with Mr Medlock²; I have received from him an account of the composition of the glass and specimens of the glass itself. I have also made certain brief experiments on the glass with strong chemical agents which though they cannot pretend to produce in a short period the pure effect of time & exposure to air, seemed the most fitted to help in guiding the mind. The result is that with respect to your question “whether I should apprehend from the mode of fabrication or materials used, that this impressed glass may be more liable to risks of deterioration than ordinary glass”? I may freely answer that I do not see any reason to expect inferiority on that point[.] The consideration of the composition of the glass and its behaviour with powerful chemical agents suggest no suspicion of that kind[.]

I am | My dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Albert Way Esq | &c &c &c