George Herbert to Faraday   2 April 1863

[Trinity House embossed letter head]

My dear Sir

By direction of the Deputy Master1 I send enclosed the specification for the Gibraltar Light Apparatus, with his request that you will be so good as to fill in the number of millimetres for the Sea Horizon2.-

I shall feel obliged by Your returning me the enclosed & am always

most faithfully | George Herbert

Trinity House. | 2 April 1863

Professor Faraday F.R.S. | &c &c &c

William Pigott.
Faraday’s reply has not been found, but it was read to Trinity House Wardens Committee, 7 April 1863, LMA CLC/526/MS 30025/31, p.35.

Please cite as “Faraday4319,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4319