Zerah Colburn to Faraday   2 April 18601

Office of “The Engineer.” | 163, Strand, London, W.C. | April 2 1860

Sir

I took the liberty, a few days ago, to send you a pamphlet which I have issued on Boiler Explosions2. The Explanation which I have advanced on the 48th page of that pamphlet is, I believe, new in some respects3. Should you have had time to glance over it, I should feel myself much honoured in having your opinion, as to the soundness or otherwise of the views in question. Nothing but the great value which I should attach to your opinion could have induced me to obtrude this matter upon your attention, necessarily occupied as your time must be with other matters of greater importance.

I am Sir | Your Obedient Servant | Zerah Colburn.

Professor Faraday

1
Zerah Colburn (1832-1870, B4). Engineer and journalist.
2
Colburn (1860).
3
Ibid.,48 suggested that four distinct consecutive operations occurred in quick succession in the course of a boiler explosion.

Bibliography

COLBURN, Zerah (1860): Steam Boiler Explosions, London.

Please cite as “Faraday3755,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3755