John Gaspard Fanshawe1 to Faraday   2 January 1864

[Board of Trade embossed heading] | Jany 2 / 64

Sir

Mr Milner Gibson desires me to say that he wishes to consult with you together with Admiral Sulivan of this Board & Capn. Pigot Dept Master of the Trinity Hse respecting Dr Robinsons plan of fog signals2 & he would be glad to know if it would be convenient to you to attend here for the purpose on Tuesday the 12th Inst at 2 o’Clock3[.]

Your Obedient Servant | J.G. Fanshawe

Professor Faraday

1
John Gaspard Fanshawe (d.1903, age 79, GRO). Private Secretary to J.E. Tennent, Imperial Calendar.
2
Robinson (1863).
3
This invitation was the response of the Board of Trade to letter 4414. Faraday’s note of the meeting is in LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/137.

Bibliography

ROBINSON, Thomas Romney (1863): “Report of the Committee on Fog Signals”, Rep. Brit. Ass., pp. 105-110.

Please cite as “Faraday4420,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4420