From G. H. Darwin [26 October 1875]1
Tuesd.
Dear Father,
I have sent a copy to Müller, I stupidly did not have eno’ of the last printed, so that I have now only two left 2 I have been wonderfully well the last few days & manage an hours tennis in the a.m besides working most of the day. If I cd. cut myself in 3 I shd. have work eno’ for all, because my observations accumulate faster than I can work them out & besides there is some Mathcs. wh. I must do. I am beginning to see that it’s a fearfully tough nut to crack. I have already found that it does not do what Maxwell said it wd or ought to do3
So I’ve already found out something, tho’ not quantitatively yet. It’s exceedingly interestg work, but there are so many considerations that I don’t know if I shall be able to master them all & bring mathematics into play. The mechanical difficulties are very great—
Tell Fr. I will bring his slippers & the Hygroscope (wh. is v. pretty) on Sat. I will come by the 4.12.4 I hope to see Galton & the Cooksons.5
I’m afraid my letters smell of pitch, but I can think of O else. I’m glad to hear of McL’s approval. I hope he is better.6
Yours affectionately | G. H. Darwin
I think F enjoyed his Sunday v. much7
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Maxwell, James Clerk. 1866. On the dynamical theory of gases. [Read 31 May 1866] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 157 (1867): 49–88.
Summary
Has sent a copy [of his article on cousin marriage] to Hermann Müller.
Problem he is now working on is a tough nut: "It does not do what [James Clerk] Maxwell said it wd or ought to do".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10226
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 210.2: 49
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10226,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10226.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23