Letter, from William Benjamin Carpenter to Sir John Herschel, dated at 22 Park St., Bristol

Reference number: HS/5/185

Date: 8 February 1840

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending copies of the reviews of his work, which has been attacked in some quarters. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's views on two of the chapters.

Reference number: HS/5/185
Earliest possible date: 8 February 1840
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Benjamin Carpenter, Letter, from William Benjamin Carpenter to Sir John Herschel, dated at 22 Park St., Bristol, 8 February 1840, HS/5/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_185/letter-from-william-benjamin-carpenter-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-22-park-st-bristol, accessed on 10 June 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 5 B miscellaneous-C
1815-1871 Reference number: HS/5

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