Edward Frankland to Faraday   1 December 1864

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | Dec.1st 1864.

My dear Mr. Faraday

I am glad to be able to inform you that Mr. Tingle1 - a gentleman recommended by Dr. Hofmann,- has offered his services, as volunteer or non-salaried Assistant, in the Chemical Laboratory of the Institution, in the place of Mr. Bowdler2 who left us at the close of last Session. I have tested Mr. Tingle’s capabilities as a research Assistant and am satisfied with them. If you agree with me in considering his services desirable, I propose to retain him on the same conditions as those under which Mr. Bowdler worked for us during 1863-4.

Believe me | My dear Mr. Faraday | ever yours sincerely | E. Frankland


Endorsed by Faraday: i.e. without payment to be allowed if MM think fit3

1
Unidentified.
2
Arthur Clegg Bowdler (1842–1918, Proc.Inst.Chem., 1918, part 4, p.24). Unpaid assistant to Frankland 1863 to 1864, later an industrial chemist.
3
See RI MM, 6 February 1865, 12: 86 where it was agreed to take on Tingle as an unpaid assistant.

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