Faraday to Charles Lock Eastlake   25 January 1858

Royal Institution | 25 January 1858

My dear Sir Charles

I think well of prepared canvass:- it is strong, smooth, impervious & will last a long while. I have been trying to prepare some cloths with jelly & then to tan them but they do not give any promise:- they are stiff, irregular, & not so incombustible as they should be[.]

I am My dear Sir Charles | Ever Your faithful Servant | M. Faraday

Sir Chas. Eastlake Bart | PRA. | &c &c &c