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Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
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- … rigorous experimentation with these enigmatic killer vegetables culminated in 1875 with the …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … 1775 and Forsyth 1791] Phillips History of cultivated Vegetables 2. Vols. [H. Phillips 1822] (very …
- … orders, and followed by a treatise on cross-bred vegetables, and supplement . London. …
- … 21b Phillips, Henry. 1822. History of cultivated vegetables . 2 vols. London. 119: 13a …
- … ——. 1803. Tracts on the nature of animals and vegetables . Translated from the Italian by J. …
- … regular gradation in man, and in different animals and vegetables; and from the former to …
Darwin and Design
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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- … ‘Proofs of design in the structure of fossil vegetables’, ‘Proofs of design in the effect of …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … numerous attempts to produce hybrids through grafting root vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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- … tried bisecting and grafting different varieties of root vegetables to see if the characteristics …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … the summers of 1856 and 1857, particularly with garden vegetables like peas and beans. These plants …
Essay: Natural selection & natural theology
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—by Asa Gray NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY. Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860, reprinted in 1861. I Novelties are enticing to most people; to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted…
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- … then the other. If some organisms may be said to be at first vegetables and then animals, others, …
- … thousand-fold more complex adaptations to use in animals and vegetables do not a fortiori argue …
- … the manifold sorts and forms of existing animals and vegetables—‘have no secondary cause.’ The …
Essay: What is Darwinism?
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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…
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- … through endowment) all embryonic development, the growth of vegetables, and the like. He even adds, …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … driven home by experimental work.’ Romanes bisected root vegetables and tuberous plants, and boasted …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …
