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From W. B. Carpenter 21 December 1844
Summary
Discusses microscopic examination of rock specimens taken from Pampas deposit and from Chilean tuff. Says he finds organic remains only in the tuff.
| Author: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Dec 1844 |
| Classmark: | DAR 39: 33–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-802 |
To William Benjamin Carpenter [11 or 18 December 1844]
Summary
Thanks WBC for offer to examine specimen and for offer of slices of shells, but has no achromatic microscope.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
| Date: | [11 or 18] Dec 1844 |
| Classmark: | University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-753 |
To William Benjamin Carpenter 25 December [1844]
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.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
| Date: | 25 Dec [1844] |
| Classmark: | Jeffrey D. Stillwell (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-803A |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Carpenter, W. B. | (1) |
Addressee
| Carpenter, W. B. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Carpenter, W. B. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
