Koeberl, Christian. 2001. Craters on the moon from Galileo to Wegener: a short history of the impact hypothesis, and implications for the study of terrestrial impact craters. Earth, Moon and Planets 85–86: 209–24.
From T. M. Reade 10 December 1880
Summary
Argues against volcanic origin of coral islands and for the submergence of continents. Cites Judd’s argument on the volcanoes of the moon.
| Author: | Thomas Mellard Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12903 |
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- … and for the submergence of continents. Cites Judd’s argument on the volcanoes of the moon. …
- … James and Carpenter, James. 1874. The moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a …
- … T. M. Reade 1875 ) and appeared as an offprint entitled ‘On the moon and the earth’. At …
- … was generally accepted that craters on the moon were the result of volcanic action (see, …
- … force— If we look at the surface of the moon we find it covered most thickly over with …
- … disclose? There being no atmosphere in the moon the volcanic rings remain, the reason the …
- … in its surface configuration to that of the moon I maintain is solely on account of the …
- … made into sedimentary rocks (see my Moon & the Earth published by Bogue)— During the whole …
Moon, Harold Philip 1976. Henry Walter Bates … explorer, scientist and Darwinian. Leicester: Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service.
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- … Moon, Harold Philip 1976. Henry Walter Bates … explorer, scientist and Darwinian. …
Williams-Ellis, Amabel. 1966. Darwin’s moon: a biography of Alfred Russel Wallace. London and Glasgow: Blackie.
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- … Williams-Ellis, Amabel. 1966. Darwin’s moon: a biography of Alfred Russel Wallace. London …
From G. H. Darwin [23 January 1882]
Summary
Has sent Kovalevsky his major paper on the moon’s motion, with references to others.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Jan 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13639 |
Nasmyth, James and Carpenter, James. 1874. The moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite. 2d edition. London: John Murray.
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- … James and Carpenter, James. 1874. The moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a …
Adams, John Couch. 1853. On the secular variation of the moon’s mean motion. [Read 16 June 1853.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 143: 397–406.
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- … Couch. 1853. On the secular variation of the moon’s mean motion. [Read 16 June 1853. ] …
From Charles Lyell [22 November 1859]
Summary
Comments on pp. 201, 211, and 218 [of Origin].
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [22 Nov 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.11: 139 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2551 |
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- … Mistaken Instinct’ added pencil 4.1 Qy… . moon-light night. 5.1] triple scored pencil ; ‘ …
- … certain gnats fly into candles & why are they not all on their way to the moon, at least …
- … when the moon is in the horizon— I formerly observed that …
- … they fly very much less at candles on a moon-light night. Let a cloud pass over & they are …
From J. E. Boehm 4 July 1873
Summary
Reports cases from his family of inheritance of turning in sleep, sleep-walking at full moon, and eyes giving out red light at early age.
| Author: | Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 235 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8964 |
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- … turning in sleep, sleep-walking at full moon, and eyes giving out red light at early age. …
- … of inheritance is
〈 the i〉 nfluence of the moon on some of my family My father told me … - … walked in his sleep in the time of full moon (as he did himself in a less degree) and that …
- … discovered sitting upright in bed at full moon, though quite unconsious of it. To the best …
To G. H. Darwin 21 January 1882
Summary
Asks GHD to send a copy of his "paper on the moon" [probably Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 171 (1880): 713–891] to V. O. Kovalevsky.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13631 |
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 J. D. Hooker 10 October [1872]
Summary
Is much vexed about Drosera.
Land-level changes and volcanic activity.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 31–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8552 |
Parsons, Laurence (1840–1908)
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- … in particular on the radiant heat of the moon. FRS 1867. ODNB . Bibliography ODNB : Oxford …
From Roland Trimen 20 September 1871
Summary
On St G. J. Mivart’s Genesis of species and Chauncey Wright’s review of it [North Am. Rev. (July 1871)].
| Author: | Roland Trimen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 190 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7956 |
From G. H. Darwin 22 November 1877
Summary
Will look for worm-castings in the cloisters,
and will send CD items from the Cambridge papers on the honorary degree.
Has hit on a possible fallacy in W. Thomson’s theory of secular cooling of the earth.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11247 |
To Robert Mallet 26 August [1846]
Summary
Thanks RM for "Dynamics of earthquakes" [Trans. R. Irish Acad. 21 (1848): 50–106]. It has cleared up his ideas on undulations. Now wishes he had said nothing about them in Journal of researches. Sends his paper ["Certain volcanic phenomena in S. America", Collected papers 1: 53–86]. Wishes RM would investigate Chile. Speculates whether earthquakes coincide with moon or tides.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Mallet |
| Date: | 26 Aug [1846] |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-992 |
To J. D. Hooker 30 August [1866]
Summary
Pleased by JDH’s success. JDH gives argument for occasional transport with perfect fairness.
W. R. Grove’s address [see 5201] good, but is disappointed that species part was so general.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 299 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5200 |
To Roland Trimen 24 May [1871]
Summary
Cannot explain why moths fly into candle flames and birds against lighthouses. Has felt it was just curiosity which attracted them.
CD does believe dogs have some sense of humour.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 24 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7880 |
Silk, G. C. (1822/3–1910)
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- … Williams-Ellis, Amabel. 1966. Darwin’s moon: a biography of Alfred Russel Wallace. London …
To William Graham 3 July 1881
Summary
Praises WG’s Creed of science.
He disagrees that the existence of natural laws implies purpose, but his "inmost conviction" is that "the Universe is not the result of chance". But then has horrid doubt whether convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from lower animals, are at all trustworthy.
Believes natural selection is doing more for progress of civilisation than WG admits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Graham |
| Date: | 3 July 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 345 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13230 |
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Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … our Boy Horace is to do, I know no more than the man in the moon’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 May …
