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From Ernst Krause   15 May 1879

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Thanks for answers to questions [in 12032].

Has ordered the new book by Butler [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. It may make EK’s own essay superfluous.

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B26
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12053

To G. H. Darwin   15 May [1879]

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Sends some queries connected with his writing of the biographical preface to Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  15 May [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 82
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12054

From Charles Moore   15 May 1879

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Sends an ammonite from the Upper Lias, which has Balanus-like bodies on surface. He wants CD’s interpretation. Discusses possible function of aptychi, siphuncular tube, and operculum in ammonites.

Author:  Charles Moore
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 233
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12055
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Syms Covington

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When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…

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  • … When Charles Darwin embarked on the  Beagle  voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘ fiddler & boy …