From:
James Booth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.194
Summary:
Council of Society of Arts would like JH's support for their new scheme of examinations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Council of Society of Arts would like JH's support for their new scheme of examinations.
Declares his confidence in the certificates of proficiency about to be awarded by the Society of Arts.
Thanks for his support for their scheme of examinations.
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.
Compliments JB on publication of 'Trigonometry of the Parabola.' Recalls JH's papers on catenaries.