William Alexander Baillie Hamilton to Faraday   22 August 1854¹

Immediate

Admiralty | 22, Aug 1854.

Sir,

I have received and laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 19th Instant in which you state that others can no doubt be found able and willing to investigate the merits of an Invention for working the Engines of a ship by Gas, and I am desired by their Lordships to acquaint you that they look in vain for any one so thoroughly competent as yourself to undertake this service for them, and they know of no one whose opinion would be so satisfactory. Under these circumstances therefore, and as their Lordships do not anticipate that the subject would occupy much of your time and attention, my Lords still venture to hope that you will favour them with your opinion²[.]

I am Sir | Your most obedient Servant | W.A.B. Hamilton

To Dr. Faraday FRS | Royal Institution