William Benjamin Carpenter to Faraday   21 May 18581

University of London, | Burlington House, W. | May 21. 1858

Dear Prof. Faraday

I enclose you some proofs of Evidence for Sir C. Lyell, which I cannot venture to forward to him myself, from fear of the awful consequences of disobedience to Mr Warburton’s2 dictum3.

I am much wanting Dr Tyndall’s corrections4; having had Dr Miller’s5 & Prof Graham’s6 a week since[.]

Believe me | yours faithfully | William B. Carpenter

Prof. Faraday.

1
William Benjamin Carpenter (1813-1885, ODNB). Registrar of University College, London, 1856-1879.
2
Henry Warburton (1785-1858, ODNB). Philosophical radical.
3
This refers to the collection of evidence for the establishment of science degrees in the University of London. A committee, of which Faraday and Warburton were members, was established by the Senate on 14 April 1858 to consider the matter. Lyell’s evidence was given on 25 May 1858. Report of the Committee appointed to consider the propriety of establishing a degree or degrees in Science, London, 1858, pp.73-85.
4
Tyndall, Diary, 27 April 1858, 7: 336. Tyndall’s evidence is in Report, pp.1-9.
5
William Allen Miller (1817-1870, ODNB). Professor of Chemistry at King’s College, London, 1845-1870. His evidence, given on 27 April 1858, is in ibid., pp.10-15.
6
Graham’s evidence, also given on 27 April 1858, is in ibid., pp.16-19.

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