Draft letter from 'Scientific Observer' [Joseph Larmor], to an unnamed newspaper Headed 'National Problems and Scientific Assistance', an extended complaint that learned societies, including the Royal Society, were not being consulted building matters of national importance. The letter gives two recent examples in the news: lightning protection of St. Paul's Cathedral, and the removal of original lightning conductors designed by Benjamin Franklin; and on the problem of decaying stone in public buildings, referencing the work of Sir Arthur Church and the initiation of a scientific enquiry by Professor [Arthur Pillans] Laurie. c.1912-1927