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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Booth
Date:
1 November 1860
Source of text:
TNA MT9 / 11, towards end of file M2379
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
No summary available.
Compliments JB on publication of 'Trigonometry of the Parabola.' Recalls JH's papers on catenaries.
Translation of a work by C. F. Gauss and Wilhelm Weber will provide the information requested. Hopes [William Cranch] B[ond] will participate in magnetic observations. Explains 'Copper Dampers.'
Conveys his confidence in the appropriateness of the certificate of proficiency awarded by the Society of Arts to men who have done well on the Society's examination.
Declares his confidence in the certificates of proficiency about to be awarded by the Society of Arts.