To George Cupples 7 June [1873]
Summary
Thanks for report on J. V. Carus’ lecture.
Glad to hear suspicion about J. H. Stirling groundless.
CD has not seen R. W. Emerson. In last two or three years has seen several Yankees. Saw a good deal of the Nortons [Charles Eliot and Susan Ridley Sedgwick].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 7 June [1873] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.428) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8936 |
From Anton Dohrn 7 June 1873
Summary
News of Naples Zoological Station developments.
His remarks on physiology in the Academy were aimed at Prof. Ludwig and his school.
The usual "exact" methods in experimental physiology want only a little pushing to put an end to superstition.
Recounts how he had worked out the explanation of Rhizocephala morphology via the Anelasma – an example of both the power of inheritance and the power of genealogical investigation. R. Kossman’s work has now confirmed AD’s explanation.
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 213 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8937 |
From A. A. L. P. Cochrane 7 June 1873
Summary
Invites CD on a voyage to the western coast of North and South America.
| Author: | Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8938 |
To A. A. L. P. Cochrane [after 7 June 1873]
Summary
Is obliged because of health to decline the invitation [see 8938] to make a voyage on the Admiral’s ship. "… I must rest contented with past memories …"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane |
| Date: | [after 7 June 1873] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (20–1 July 1988) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8938A |
| letter | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Cochrane, A. A. L. P. | (1) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Cochrane, A. A. L. P. | (1) |
| Cupples, George | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Cochrane, A. A. L. P. | (2) |
| Cupples, George | (1) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (1) |
A tale of two bees
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Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
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