Faraday to Edward Frankland   4 November 18621

H Court | 4 Novr. 1862

My dear Frankland

The Expences are allowed2[.]

I have set our Carpenter to work & referred him to you in respect of any questions he may have to answer3[.]

With regard to the Laboratory furnace will you instruct Knight (?)4 to erect it as soon as he can - because of the floor.

In reference to the Ventilating apparatus for the lecture room5, if the workman can call on me at RI. on Thursday Morning6 we will look at & consider the drawing together - the sooner he gets to work the better[.]

Can you tell me the price of the Hoffman tube furnace with its necessary tubes & fittings[.] If the parties gave a note of the price to go before the Managers it would be well7[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday


Address: Dr. Frankland | &c &c &c | Chemical Laboratory | St. Bartholomews Hospital | E.C.

1
This letter is black-edged due to the death of Margaret Barnard, see letter 4236.
2
That is for the work discussed in letter 4245 which had been authorised by the Managers the previous day. RI MM, 3 November 1862, 11: 447-8.
3
See note 3, letter 4245.
4
Unidentified.
5
See note 4, letter 4245.
6
That is 6 November 1862.
7
RI MM, 3 November 1862, 11: 448 agreed to buy Hofmann’s gas tube furnace with money from the Holland Fund.

Please cite as “Faraday4248,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4248