Faraday to Peter Henry Berthon   26 February 1862

Royal Institution | 26 Feby 1862

Sir

I have analysed the following samples of red lead1, namely,

Fincher & Johnson2

Pilcher & Son

Clerk3

War4

J.W.J.5

There is no impurity make weight added to or contained in any of them and chemically speaking they are unobjectionable6[.]

I am Sir | Your Obedient Servant | M. Faraday

P.H. Berthon Esqr | &c &c &c

1
Sent with letter 4133.
2
Unidentified.
3
William Clarke. Oil and colourman of 216 Upper Whitecross Street. POD.
4
Unidentified.
5
Unidentified.
6
The substance of this letter was conveyed to Trinity House Wardens Committee, 4 March 1862, LMA CLC/526/MS 30025/30, pp.9-10. The tender by Clarke was accepted.

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