Record

RefNoMC/9/216
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William B [Benjamin] Carpenter, University of London, Burlington Gardens, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date15 June 1871
DescriptionRegarding the importance of initiating a complete and systematic approach to biological and physical deep sea exploration. Carpenter intends to make a formal suggestion on this topic to the government and encloses a list of a proposed committee members.

[Enclosure is present with an extent of 1p and is labelled within the volume as MC/9/216a.]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2869Carpenter; William Benjamin (1813 - 1885); naturalist1813 - 1885
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
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