To S. P. Woodward [14 January 1843]
Down near Bromley | Kent
Saturday
Dear Sir
Would you oblige me by getting the following specimens, ready for my inspection on Wednesday Morning1 about 12 oclock—viz. a set of obsidian & other allied rocks, presented to the Soc: in 1838 by Mr Edmonds, from Mexico—2 Would you also have ready for me ‘Dolimieu Voyage aux isles de Lipari’3
Perhaps, I may not be able to come till 2 oclock, but will you have them ready by 12 & I shall be much obliged.—
Your’s very faithfully | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Dolomieu, Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède (Déodat) de Gratet de. 1783. Voyage aux iles de Lipari, fait en 1781; ou, notices sur les Iles Æoliennes, pour servir à l’histoire des volcans; suivi d’un mémoire sur une espèce de volcan d’air, & d’un autre sur la température du climat de Malthe, & sur la différence de la chaleur réelle & de la chaleur sensible. Paris.
Volcanic islands: Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844.
Summary
Asks SPW to have obsidian specimens and book [Dieudonné de Gratet de Dolomieu, Voyage aux îles de Lipari (1783)] ready when he comes.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-652
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Samuel Pickworth Woodward; Geological Society of London
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- JA15 1843
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 652,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-652.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
