To G. H. Darwin 14 [July 1878]
Summary
Writes to say that the point on which he thought GHD’s drawings were mistaken proves to be an error in his own observation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 14 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11606 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … impression in his letter of 11 [July 1878] , where he noted that pollen tubes were only …
- … more fully by CD in his letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ; for CD’s remarks on the …
- … at the summit of the pistil in his letter to George of 10 [July 1878] , but corrected this …
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1878 . George had sent CD drawings …
- … in all respects (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 13 [July 1878] ). For the drawings and …
- … the enclosure to the letter from G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1878 . The means by which Thalia …
To G. H. Darwin 13 [July 1878]
Summary
Thanks GHD for his drawings [of Thalia]. Some parts need attention.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 13 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11603 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … kept in spirits (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 10 [July 1878] , and letter from G. H. …
- … 12 July 1878 . Making six drawings had taken George three to four hours ( letter from G. …
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1878 . CD had asked George to make …
- … 1878 ). There are annotations by CD on the drawings made by George; see enclosure to letter …
From G. H. Darwin 5 May 1879
Summary
Sends CD an article on Dr Erasmus Darwin [from Monthly Magazine, see 12028].
Tells of a "discovery" he has made about taking observations of the sun. Does not know yet whether it is new.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12034 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … see Correspondence vol. 26, letter from G. J. Romanes, 17 August 1878 , letter to G. H. …
- … Darwin, 7 November 1878 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 8 November [1878] . Edward Ball …
- … Darwin, 29 October [1878] and n. 3, letter from G. H. …
- … to G. H. Darwin, 26 June 1878 . George was hoping to find a letter to Thomas Okes from …
To G. H. Darwin 3 February [1878]
Summary
CD at first thought GHD should not answer Haughton [see 10689], but Hooker thinks if no correction is made Haughton’s error will be quoted for 20 years. CD is now inclined to agree.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11345 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … mentioned in his letter of 28 January 1878 . Hyacinth Hooker . The text ‘Hooker & … Lady …
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 January 1878 . See letter from G. H. …
- … 1878 and n. 2. George had written to CD asking advice on whether to criticise Samuel Haughton’s paper on geological time ( Haughton 1877 ). Joseph Dalton Hooker . George probably gave an account of his health in a missing ‘diary letter’ …
To G. H. Darwin 21 November [1877]
Summary
Asks GHD to determine whether there are worm-castings in cloisters of [Neville?] Court.
Enjoyed his visit to Cambridge. Asks for newspaper account of the LL.D.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11246 |
To G. H. Darwin 10 [July 1878]
Summary
Asks for sketches of [Thalia] pistil, in which he is much interested.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 10 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11597 |
From G. H. Darwin 28 January 1878
Summary
Has been reading Samuel Haughton on geological time ["Notes on physical geology, no. III", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 26 (1877): 534–46]. It is utter rubbish. Asks whether CD thinks GHD should write a critical note on the subject [see Nature 17 (1878): 509–10].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11336 |
To G. H. Darwin 11 [July 1878]
Summary
Rejoices that "Lagrange’s case does not seem very bad".
CD is working hard at dissecting Thalia. Has recovered some handiness with microscope.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 11 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11601 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … purely mechanical (see letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Dionaea muscipula is the …
- … that he had sent him (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 10 [July 1878] ). CD was interested in …
- … Lagrange (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 July 1878] ). CD had asked George to …
- … cavity below the bend (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 10 [July 1878]) . George was probably …
From G. H. Darwin 7 November 1878
Summary
Encloses William Thomson’s report on GHD’s paper. Some of it was written in Rayleigh’s hand.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 71, The Royal Society (RR/8/91) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11738 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … see also Kushner 1993 . Thomson’s letter of 2 November 1878 proposing Down as a possible …
- … to G. H. Darwin, 17 [August 1878] and n. 3, and letter to G. H. Darwin, 29 October [ …
- … 1878b (pp. 31–6). See letter to G. H. Darwin, 2 November [1878] and n. 2. CD had sent …
- … 1878, and was being prepared for publication in the society’s Philosophical Transactions . The referees’ copy of George’s paper was returned to Thomson on 13 December (MSS 421, Register of Papers 1853–1885, Archive, The Royal Society); it has not been found. The published paper included a remark by Rayleigh ( G. H. Darwin 1878b , p. 27 n. ). See also letter …
- … letter, Thomson wrote that on ‘the question of tidal viscosity on the obliquity of the ecliptic’, which the two men had discussed at a recent meeting, he now saw it perfectly and was glad to find George’s result confirmed (D6, Kelvin papers, Glasgow University Library). The subject is not discussed in the main body of G. H. Darwin 1878b , but is worked out at length in G. H. Darwin 1878d , which had been received by the Royal Society on 22 July 1878 …
From G. H. Darwin [before 11 July 1878]
Summary
Refers to Charles Lagrange, who is working on the same subject as GHD, but in a fundamentally different way.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 11 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11600 |
To G. H. Darwin 8 November [1878]
Summary
Delighted with [William Thomson’s] report. "There can be no doubt now about the value of your work." CD has "not been so much pleased for a long time".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11740 |
To G. H. Darwin 9 May [1878]
Summary
CD believes few or none have attributed deaf-mutism to consanguineous marriages.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 9 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11500 |
To G. H. Darwin 2 November [1878]
Summary
Forwards pamphlet (Jules Carret 1878) to GHD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Nov [1878] |
| Classmark: | Institute of Astronomy Library, University of Cambridge (Jules Carret 1878: R.c.1473) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11733F |
From G. H. Darwin 14 December 1878
Summary
Asks CD if he would screw himself up to inviting A. Newton to Down.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11796 |
To G. H. Darwin 24 November [1877]
Summary
Thinks he had better not sign GHD’s paper [as a candidate for F.R.S.], since he obviously is no judge of the quality of his work.
Asks if Thomson did not overlook heat generated by the crushing and folding of strata during the refrigeration of the globe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11251 |
From G. H. Darwin [28 October 1877]
Summary
Writes again about arrangements for the honorary degree ceremony.
Has been working on tides, which he is almost certain have altered the obliquity of the ecliptic.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 60–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11213 |
To G. H. Darwin 17 [August 1878]
Summary
He and Emma rejoice that GHD’s mathematical troubles are at an end. It is miraculous that he unconsciously followed the right course – like composing a sonata by a fluke.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 17 [Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11663 |
To G. H. Darwin 29 October [1878]
Summary
Rejoices that he should have "staggered" William Thomson so quickly and that the latter should speak of GHD’s "discovery". The internal heat [of the earth] will please geologists and evolutionists.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Oct [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11729 |
To G. H. Darwin 8 September [1881]
Summary
Has been visiting Anthony Rich, who persists in his intention to leave his property to CD despite the large fortune left by Erasmus. It is now all the more necessary for CD to arrange his own will.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1.: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13322 |
To G. H. Darwin 30 May [1880]
Summary
Discusses GHD’s genealogical researches
and his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12619 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Francis Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] , and Correspondence …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [11 May 1880] (DAR 219.9: 236)). George and Horace Darwin were constructing a pendulum to measure the lunar disturbance of gravity ( G. H. Darwin 1907–16 , 5: l). The enclosure was probably a request for contributions from fellows of the Royal Society of London for a portrait of Joseph Dalton Hooker , who had served as president of the society from 1873 to 1878. …
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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
Summary
Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Power of movement in plants
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Family experiments Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
Summary
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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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
Summary
The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil …
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
Summary
< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … < Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Movement in Plants
Summary
The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It …
Dining at Down House
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
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< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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- … < Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
Summary
< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
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- … < Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was …
3.14 Julia Margaret Cameron, photos
Summary
< Back to Introduction In the summer of 1868 Darwin took a holiday on the Isle of Wight with his immediate family, his brother Erasmus, and his friend Joseph Hooker. The family’s accommodation at Freshwater was rented from the photographer Julia…
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- … < Back to Introduction In the summer of 1868 Darwin took a holiday on the Isle of …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … George Eliot was the pen name of the celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma …
