| Description | Written from 18 Duke Street, Westminster, London. The letter returns to May a letter from Professor Piazzi Smyth but explains that Brunel does not feel the difficulties have been solved. Brunel explains that he was not supporting Smyth's experiments on navigational instruments at the behest of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company but was financing Smyth's experiments himself in order to see the Eastern Steam Navigation Company profit from them but that he does not have the time to work on the experiments or give Mr Cook the intensive attention he needs and cannot afford to employ someone to do so on his behalf. Brunel objects to paying for instruments that were not made by him, to his design and are of no use to him but wonders how he can solve the impasse. |