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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … hurrah for my species-work’ ( Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … William Herschel, to write the chapter on geology ( letter to J. F. W. Herschel, 4 February [1848] …
- … in the level of land came under renewed scrutiny. In 1847 David Milne, the Scottish geologist, …
- … to Milne directly, he sent a long rejoinder in the form of a letter for publication in the Scotsman. …
- … asked for it to be destroyed. Only the draft of Darwin’s letter remains ( letter to the Scotsman …
- … that his original fieldwork was ‘time thrown away’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] ) …
- … that it would be a ‘thorn in the side of É de B.’ (letter to Charles Lyell, 3 January 1850 ). …
- … marine invertebrates himself (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Leonard Jenyns, 10 April [1837]) …
- … of Cryptophialus minutus . He sent the manuscript to Richard Owen, presumably for his comments, …
- … uniqueness fully. Sometime before the end of December 1847, John Edward Gray, keeper of the …
- … opinion that such a monograph was a ‘desideratum’ ( letter to J. L. R. Agassiz, 22 October 1848 ), …
- … abortive stamens or pistils ( Correspondence vol. 2, letter from J. S. Henslow, 21 November …
- … care what you say, my species theory is all gospel.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1848 ). …
- … sacrifice the rule of priority for the sake of expedience ( letter to H. E. Strickland, [4 February …
- … it as ‘the greatest curse to natural History’ ( letter to H. E. Strickland, 29 January [1849] ). …
- … Museum of Zoology, has been transcribed with Darwin’s letter to H. E. Strickland, 29 January [1849 …
- … the battle, he gave up only from fatigue and ill health ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 April 1849 ). …
- … severe problem for Darwin during this period, especially in 1847 and during the last half of 1848 …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12 by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & Physiology [R. …
- … researches on the Horse in N. America— [Harlan 1835] Owen has it. & Royal Soc Lord …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … of Anat.— Instinct by D r . Alison [W. P. Alison 1847]. No 19. July. 1840 27 Annales des …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … geological History of the Horse [Karkeek 1841]. (not read.) Owen not got these No s . …
- … read it— Erasmus has it Owens Brit. Mammalia [R. Owen 1846a]— Horner has it. (read) …
- … . Hooker. read Fortune’s Travels in China [Fortune 1847] read Lettres philosop. sur l …
- … Travels in Peru (translated) [J. J. von Tschudi 1847] Gardners Travels in Brazil [Gardner …
- … [North 1826]. (Erasmus) read Hebrew Monarchy [Newman] 1847] Berniers …
- … 1843]. (Emma) (read) M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . …
- … animals 54 folio Plates. Maclise 2”12.6. [Maclise 1847] good for woodcuts. (Roy. Coll. of Surgeons) …
- … to publish one. 45 Gosse. Birds of Jamaica [Gosse 1847], recommended by Yarrel …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … Rich d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare: King Richard II ; King Henry IV ] …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … British Association for the Advancement of Science (1854). Richard Owen gave the same paper at the …
- … is confused; the citation given is actually that of Richard Owen’s paper on Dinornis rather than …
- … all sorts of trees, shrubs, and flowers . Revised by Richard Bradley. London. *119: 19v.; 119: …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 13, 22; 119: 22b Beste, John Richard. 1855. The Wabash; or, …
- … Home life in Germany . London. 128: 11 Bradley, Richard. 1724. A general treatise of …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 143–51.] 128: 6 Dana, Richard Henry. [1840]. Two years before …
- … of glaciers. Edinburgh. 119: 15b Ford, Richard. 1846. Gatherings from Spain . By the …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … | Microscopes | Collecting | Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of …
- … with detailed correspondence about barnacles. Letter 1514 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, T. …
- … of one idea. – cirripedes morning & night.” Letter 1480 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, …
- … on embryological stages than Huxley thinks. Letter 1592 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, T. H …
- … and difficulties of botanical experimentation. Letter 4895 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J …
- … on Anelasma which he thinks seems probable. Letter 5173 — Müller, J. F. T. to …
- … and on some plants which seem to be dichogamous. Letter 5429 — Müller, J. F. T. to …
- … and crossed with pollen of other species. Letter 5480 — Müller, J. F. T. to Darwin, C. …
- … Claus, Die freilebenden Copepoden [1863]. Letter 5551 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. …
- … on the use and importance of the microscope. Letter 207 — Darwin, C. R. to Fox, W. D., …
- … with a microscope ranks second only to geology. Letter 1018 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, …
- … “take advantage of your wicked offer of assistance”. The letter is full of observations on barnacles …
- … ed., Manual of scientific enquiry (1849)]. Letter 1167 — Darwin, C. R. to Henslow, …
- … finds this microscope “wonderfully superior”. Letter 1174 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. …
- … specimens and information for his barnacle book. Letter 1140 — Darwin, C. R. to Ross, J …
- … to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin. Letter 1262 — Darwin, C. R. to Hancock, …
- … discusses Lithotrya and its burrowing habits. Letter 1495 — Darwin, C. R. to …
- … at his collection to check on his suspicions. Letter 1370 — Darwin, C. R. to Covington, …
- … only one specimen is known to exist in the world. Letter 1251 — Darwin, C. R. to Gould, …
- … between theory and practice in natural history. Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, …
- … first describer’s name to specific name. Letter 1220 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., …
- … perpetuity of names in species descriptions. Letter 1260 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. …
- … with the former and deferring the species paper. Letter 1319 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, …
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … voyage. Darwin expressed his current enthusiasm in a letter to William Darwin Fox, 23 May 1833 ( …
- … state of disarray in the taxonomy of the group. Late in 1847, John Edward Gray, keeper of the …
- … 1981). Many of Darwin’s contemporaries—Edward Forbes, Richard Owen, Louis Agassiz, William Sharp …
- … Ospovat 1981, p. 108). Darwin’s frequent discussions with Owen no doubt helped to sharpen his …
- … philosophical anatomy of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Owen was at this time formulating new …
- … work of naturalists such as Robert Brown, Martin Barry, and Owen in England and Henri Milne-Edwards …
- … 1852) or elevating it to a separate class altogether (R. Owen 1855). Milne-Edwards and Owen also …
- … them as a separate order within this sub-class of Crustacea. Owen, on the other hand, recognised the …
- … locomotion and the presence of separate sexes, according to Owen’s classificatory principles the …
- … a distinct class between the Crustacea and the Annelida (R. Owen 1855).^7^ Darwin, however, with his …
- … was challenged in 1859 by August Krohn. As he admitted in a letter to Charles Lyell, 28 September …
- … (as Darwin called it in his Autobiography and in his letter to Lyell), was more than a matter of …
- … Toward the end of his study of Balanus , in a letter to Hooker on 25 September [1853] ( …
- … latter instrument suited his purposes well; he reported in a letter to Richard Owen, 26 March 1848 …
- … and mounting his specimens is well demonstrated by a letter he wrote to Charles Spence Bate, 13 …
- … Informing Darwin about the award ( Correspondence vol. 5, letter from J. D. Hooker, [4 November …
- … it was empirically invalid ( Calendar nos. 2118 and 2119, letter to T. H. Huxley, 5 July [1857] …
- … ^9^ CD discussed his conception of archetype in a letter to Huxley, 23 April [1853] ( …
Darwin and Design
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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- … can be found in the work of the comparative anatomist Richard Owen. In a series of publications in …
- … birds, reptiles, and mammals). These ‘archetypes’, as Owen called them, were originally conceived in …
- … connected these divisions into a single order of creation. Owen developed this theory of underlying …
- … sum of a series of essentially similar segments. Owen went on to extend this theory of …
- … thus showing the unity of plan of God’s creation. Owen’s highly theoretical anatomy was quite …
- … purposes. In comparing the work of Paley, Buckland, and Owen, it becomes clear that natural theology …
- … Miller wrote a book entitled Footprints of the creator (1847), arguing that evidence of the biblical …
- … the lacunas which he himself had made. See the letter Kingsley was able to …
- … and critics alike, he sketched Darwin as a bishop in a letter of 1868, giving audience to a humble …
- … Hugh Miller, Footprints of the creator (1849). Richard Owen, On the archetype and …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … Government grant was exhausted ( Correspondence vol. 2, letter to A. Y. Spearman, 9 October 1843, …
- … Henslow, Leonard Horner, Leonard Jenyns, Edward Forbes, and Richard Owen shows. These friends, with …
- … on species mutability with Hooker, Horner, Jenyns, Lyell, Owen, and Charles James Fox Bunbury; he …
- … are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] ). …
- … the open. In the event, it was not until the beginning of 1847 that Hooker was given a fair copy of …
- … himself: as he told his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of [24 April 1845] , he felt he …
- … Natural selection Perhaps the most interesting letter relating to Darwin’s species theory, …
- … Edward Forbes, William Lonsdale, Hugh Edwin Strickland, or Owen—the last with the caveat that he …
- … Darwin not only used his personal notes and records but, by letter, marshalled the resources of …
- … of the laws of creation, Geographical Distribution’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 February 1845] ) …
