Jacob Herbert to Faraday   19 March 1853

Trinity House,- | 19 March 1853.

My dear Sir,

I am instructed to transmit to you the enclosed Copy of certain Observations made before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Light Houses in 1845¹, in respect to a plan for reflecting Sound; to acquaint you, that the Corporation propose erecting a Fog Bell at the South Stack Light House Establishment,- and to request that you will favor the Elder Brethren by stating whether, in your opinion, the apparatus described in the paper referred to, would be applicable to Sound,- and could be adapted with advantage to the purposes of the Bell in question.

I remain | My dear Sir, | Your very faithful Servant | J. Herbert

M. Faraday Esq. D.C.L. | &c &c &c