To G. G. Stokes 5 February [1868]
Summary
Thanks for congratulations on Francis Darwin’s success in the tripos examinations at the university of Cambridge.
The king of Prussia has awarded him the order Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (17–18 October 2013) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5839H |
To George Gabriel Stokes 18 February [1868]
Summary
Wants to know how the colour of the eye of the peacock’s tail is produced, whether it depends upon colouring matter in the feathers or reflection, and whether any varying structural change will account for the series of colours surrounding it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet |
Date: | 18 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | CUL (Add 7656: D73) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5891 |
To G. G. Stokes 28 February [1868]
Summary
Thanks GGS for information on the peacock’s feathers. Asks whether the colour zones around the "eye" could result from varying the thickness of the film of colouring matter or whether it would require different kinds of colouring matter.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet |
Date: | 28 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | CUL (Add MS 7656: D74) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5950 |
To G. G. Stokes 11 March [1868]
Summary
Sends GGS examples of feathers from an albino peacock and repeats his query about the zones of colour [see 5950].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet |
Date: | 11 Mar [1868] |
Classmark: | CUL (Add MS 7656: D75) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6003 |
Stokes, G. G. | (4) |