From Francis Galton 13 September 1871
Summary
Is turning to experiments with rats, "Siamesed together" for cross-circulation.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A33–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7938 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Is turning to experiments with rats, "Siamesed together" for cross-circulation. …
- … Francis Darwin, 7 April 1871 and n. 4). The old English or black rat is Rattus rattus ; …
- … the wild grey rat, more commonly known as …
- … the brown or Norway rat, is R. norvegicus. …
- … The common white rat is a colour morph of R. norvegicus. Henrietta Emma Darwin married …
- … better than by the cross circulation for if even 1 drop of blood per hour passes from rat …
- … to rat, a volume equal to the entire contents of the circulation of either will be …
- … a pretty complete intermingling of the bloods. All cristalloids diffuse readily from rat …
- … to rat (as poison) through the tissues, and as we know that eggs of entozoa are carried …
- … I have. Latterly, my whole heart has been in rats ;—white, old English black, & wild grey, …
From Francis Galton 1 February 1872
Summary
Asks to have one pair of rabbits sent to him; is abandoning experiments with the rats.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A44–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8192 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Asks to have one pair of rabbits sent to him; is abandoning experiments with the rats. …
- … grieve to say, that I find I must abandon the rats, as a task above my power to bring to a …
- … Charles Henry Carter . Galton began experiments with rats in or before September 1871 (see …
- … Galton’s experiments with rabbits and rats were performed in order to test CD’s hypothesis …
From Francis Galton 21 November 1871
Summary
Asks that the rabbits CD has kept be sent to him; will continue [transfusion] experiments on rats, but using larger [surgical] connection.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A35–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8080 |
From Francis Galton 24 November 1871
Summary
Going to Down to see the "most curious" results.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: 37–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8085 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Galton, Francis | (4) |
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
Summary
[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
Matches: 5 hits
- … of the sea fowl roost on branches ^of trees^ and that many rats make their nests at the top of high …
- … on to say that my friends may most readily believe that “rats make their nests on the top of coconut …
- … Specimens of each of these curiosities the man traps and the rats’ nests along with some Patagonian …
- … of which he is paid by the year. N.B. In saying that “Rats and mice swarm on these Islands” I really …
- … but if the reader has not supposed my meaning to be that “Rats and mice swarm on all the Islands …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … , ‘much depends on the actions of the female’, and of rats, John Bush observed on 30 March that …
Review: The Origin of Species
Summary
- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
Summary
The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
Matches: 1 hits
- … in graphic detail how he was turning his attention to rats, and employing a surgical assistant to …
