Joseph John William Watson to Faraday   18 September 1854

31 Pall Mall | Sept. 18: 1854

My dear Sir,

My letters by desire were not forwarded to Paris whence I have just returned or I should have replied earlier to your exceedingly obliging letter of the 8th of this month¹. I have not applied to Mr Herbert to see your report² since from your letter I fear that I might read something which might tend to dull the ardour which I possess to bring the Electric light into use as a practical thing.

I do yet hope that I may once more, at no very remote day, write and obtain your presence at some experiments which may be deemed by you quite successful and even set at rest the lighthouse question.

Meantime, I am endeavouring to place the light in the Harbour Service where something of its effects as beheld from a long distance may be seen and appreciated.

With many thanks for your extreme courtesy and kindness.

Believe me, | My dear Sir, | Very faithfully Yours | Joseph J.W. Watson

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