Faraday to John Stevens Henslow   13 July 1837

R Institution | 13 July 1837

Dear Sir

I need not tell you that you, I, & Dr Roget are a committee of the Faculty of Arts1 for Chemistry Animal & Vegetable Physiology. The feeling on my mind is so vague as to what will ultimately be required by the Senate as the minimums for the degree of B.A. that I cannot decide in my own mind as to how much or how little I ought to put down in the Chemistry. As something which may be either enlarged contracted or in any other way altered, I have drawn up the enclosed (Dr Roget being also out of town) have sent a copy to you (as to him) to know what you think of it. As a committee we ought to report soon. I shall be out of London from tomorrow until Saturday week.

I am Dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Rev Prof Henslow | &c &c &c

1
Of the University of London. This committee was appointed by the Committee of the Faculty of Arts (of which Faraday, Henslow and Roget were members) at their meeting on 24 June 1837. See Minutes, ULL MS ST3/1, p.22. The report of the committee was not presented until 17 March 1838. ULL MS ST3/1, pp.54-6.

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