Faraday to John Stevens Henslow   14 November 1853

Royal Institution | 14 Novr 1853

My dear Henslow

I send you specimens of

and in [three words illegible] in, or on a card where the platina is only 1/5000 of an inch in diameter[.]

The latter piece is difficult to [four words illegible] is to place it on the surface of some nitric acid in a glass, the silver dissolves & the platina is left floating but of such fine tenuity that it is almost impossible to move it without breaking it. I think these were prepared by Brockedon¹ by means his jewelled holes²[.]

Ever My dear Henslow | Yours | M. Faraday

Endorsement: Royal Institution | 14 Novr. 1853