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Philip Pearsall Carpenter

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Philip Pearsall Carpenter was ordained Presbyterian minister in England in 1841, and earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860. His field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today. A man of many talents, he wrote, published, taught, and was a volunteer explaining the growing study of shells in North America.

Books

Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum

Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum

British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, Philip Pearsall Carpenter

The Mollusks of Western North America

The Mollusks of Western North America

Philip Pearsall Carpenter

The Mollusks of Western North America

The Mollusks of Western North America

Philip Pearsall Carpenter

Directions for Constructing Lightning Rods

Directions for Constructing Lightning Rods

Smithsonian Institution, Theodore Gill, Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Joseph Henry

Directions for Constructing Lightning Rods

Directions for Constructing Lightning Rods

Smithsonian Institution, Theodore Gill, Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Joseph Henry

The Mollusks of Western North America

The Mollusks of Western North America

Philip Pearsall Carpenter

The Mollusks of Western North America Embracing the Second Report Made to the British Association on this Subject, with Other Papers; Reprinted by Permission, with a General Index Philip P. Carpenter

The Mollusks of Western North America Embracing the Second Report Made to the British Association on this Subject, with Other Papers; Reprinted by Permission, with a General Index Philip P. Carpenter

Philip Pearsall Carpenter

Check List of Publications of the Smithsonian Institution, July, 1872

Check List of Publications of the Smithsonian Institution, July, 1872

Smithsonian Institution, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Theodore Gill, Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Joseph Henry

Arrangement of the Families of Mollusks

Arrangement of the Families of Mollusks

Theodore Gill, Philip Pearsall Carpenter

Report on the Present State of Our Knowledge with Regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America

Report on the Present State of Our Knowledge with Regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America

Philip Pearsall Carpenter

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