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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
7 February 1840
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 64
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
17 March 1840
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 65
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
6 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 114
Summary:
Asks WBC if he will examine a specimen of calcareous rock.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
[11 or 18] Dec 1844
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:
Thanks WBC for offer to examine specimen and for offer of slices of shells, but has no achromatic microscope.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 39: 33–5
Summary:
Discusses microscopic examination of rock specimens taken from Pampas deposit and from Chilean tuff. Says he finds organic remains only in the tuff.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
25 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
Jeffrey D. Stillwell (private collection)
Summary:
Is obliged for the account of the structure of the Pampas specimen and its difference from specimens of the modern calcareous bed of Coquimbo in Chile. If he thinks that J. S. Bowerbank can make out the nature of the specimens, they should be shown to him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan [1845]
Source of text:
DAR 39: 31–2
Summary:
Says tuff collected by CD in Pampas and Chile contains organic remains. Wants to examine specimens further and hopes for Government support in doing so.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 May 1845
Source of text:
DAR 39: 36–41
Summary:
Discusses the microscopic structure of rock samples from Chile and the Pampas. Describes organic remains found in the samples.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
[Oct–Dec 1846]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Asks for address of the artist who drew the sections exhibited by WBC at BAAS meeting in September. CD needs drawings of minute corallines, Articulata, and Mollusca.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
[Jan? 1847]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.55)
Summary:
Arranges to meet with WBC to get his advice about buying a microscope.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 67
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 68
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 70,69(i),69(ii)
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
12 May 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 71
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
30 July 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 72
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
13 November 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 84
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
13 November 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 83
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
21 November 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 82
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 December 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 66 & 66(ii) & 66(iii)
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
26 Jan [1858]
Source of text:
Harris Manchester College Library, Oxford (Letter book D and Letter book D Add.)
Summary:
Asks WBC to plant some kidney beans [on Holy Island near Arran] and to see whether they are ever visited by bees. If no bees visit the island, it would be "curious" to observe what plants grow there.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project