| Description | Written from 29 Cavendish Road, West London. The letter apologises that Froude will not be able to meet with Brunel to say goodbye, comments on the discouragement and downheartedness that he is feeling at the problems of launching the Eastern Steam Navigation Company's ship and acknowledges Brunel's greater disappointment because of his greater involvement and responsibility. The letter also comments on the possibility of Brunel's chosen solution, namely adding additional presses, succeeding and the potential pitfalls to this solution and offers an experiment to test the amount of adhesion occurring between the ship and the launching ways the longer the ship rests without launching. |