Alfred Austin to Faraday   6 March 1860

Office of Works, &c., 6 March 1860.

Sir,

I am directed by the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works¹, &c., to request that you will have the goodness to examine, in concert with Sir R. Murchison, the stonework of two bays of the river front of the New Palace at Westminster which has been indurated by two different processes, respectively applied by Mr. Ransome and Mr. Szerelmey, and to report to him which of those processes you consider best adapted to the purpose, and whether you can recommend either of them for general use in the building².

Mr. Phipps³, assistant surveyor of works, of this department, will point out to you the two bays above referred to.

I am, &c. | (signed) Alfred Austin, | Secretary.

Professor Faraday