From Otto Hahn 16 December 1880
Reutlingen | Würtemberg | Germany
16 December 1880
Dear Sir!
I thank you for your kind letter of 4. Novbr. and send you now my book “Die Meteoriten und ihre organismen”.1
Professor Dr. Quenstedt (Tübingen) declared, that he had never seen such structure in any mineral or rock: the same declared that the corals and minerals of my book are veritable corals and crinoids.2
It is now the beginning of life on earth—the beginning of the earth itself nearly sure and it is found a confirmation for your immortal discoveries.
I am dear Sir Your | faithfull | Dr Otto Hahn
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hahn, Otto. 1880. Die Meteorite (Chondrite) und ihre Organismen. Tübingen: H. Laupp’schen Buchhandlung.
Summary
Sends his book [Die Meteorite und ihre Organismen (1880)]. Claims to have discovered the beginning of life on earth, which confirms CD’s theory.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12917
- From
- Otto Hahn
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Reutlingen
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 83
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12917,” accessed on
