To James Crichton-Browne 22 May 1869
Summary
Thanks for MS observations on expression. Discusses hair standing on end in terror and rage. Asks JC-B to observe contraction of platysma myoides. "Your description of the grinning and exposure of the canine teeth under furious rage is excellent. I presume that you would not object to my quoting it." Asks about contraction of "grief muscles". Comments on blushing. Offers to send book by G. B. A. Duchenne [Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine (1862)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Date: | 22 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 327 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6755 |
To George Maw 22 May [1869]
Summary
Thanks GM for specimens of Drosophyllum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 22 May [1869] |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6756 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
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| Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
| Maw, George | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
| Maw, George | (1) |
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … Mines . . . Trans. with Notes. London, 1824. (DAR 36.2: 522; Stoddart 1962, p. 14). Darwin Library …
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