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Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter, on his paper 'Researches on the foraminifera' to The Royal Society

Reference number: RR/3/42

Date: 28 October 1858

Description

Discusses reducing the number of illustrations in his most recent paper.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/3/42
Earliest possible date
28 October 1858
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter, on his paper 'Researches on the foraminifera' to The Royal Society, 28 October 1858, RR/3/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_42/letter-from-william-benjamin-carpenter-on-his-paper-researches-on-the-foraminifera-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 16 June 2025

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