To J. D. Hooker 13 October [1875]
Summary
R. L. Tait has requested CD send his [Tait’s] paper on Nepenthes to Royal Society. CD considers this a nuisance.
Certificate for G. J. Romanes.
Francis’ experiments on mechanism of twisted seeds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 Oct [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 392–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10193 |
From Friedrich Max Müller 13 October [1875]
Summary
Sends CD his answers to W. D. Whitney’s articles. Sees man as separated from other animals by the possession of language. There is no scientific evidence for even the slightest attempt at language in the higher animals, which cannot, therefore, be reasonably regarded as "stunted man". [See "In self-defence", Chips from a German workshop 4 (1875): 473–549.]
Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Oct [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 286 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10194 |
To Edouard Bergson 13 October 1875
Summary
Comments on difficulty of distinguishing between lower animal and vegetable organisms.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edouard Bergson |
Date: | 13 Oct 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 111 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10195 |
To G. H. Darwin 13 October [1875]
Summary
Pleased by W. Stanley Jevons’ letter.
Has ordered Dr Cohn’s book.
Is sure that GHD’s energy will lead to success with work on viscous fluids.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 13 Oct [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10196 |
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Max Müller, Friedrich | (1) |
Scientific Networks
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- … Charles Darwin . 2 vols. London: Jonathan Cape. Esp. pp. 1: 10–13. Moore, J. R. 1985. Darwin …