Thread: Mr. Hallam's Razor

Thanks Tom!

The razor could be either from the reign of:

George III - reigned from 1760 to 1820
George IV - reigned from 1820 to 1830

However, Faraday and Stodart's work led to a paper in 1820 about the special alloys including silver steel, and silver steel was used by a number of companies after that date to make razors, so it is definitely from the reign of George IV. In fact, there is a very small window of opportunity for the date as Rhodes' firm went bankrupt in 1828.

Regards,
Neil