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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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading notebooks (Vorzimmer 1977) …
- … by their titles enclosed in square brackets. The full journal titles are listed separately, in …
- … page number(s) are given on which the references to the journal appear, and the location of …
- … consult D r Horsfield [Horsfield 1824] Sillimans Journal [ American Journal of Science …
- … M c .Neil 16 has written good article on Horticulture in Edin. Encyclop. [Neill 1808] …
- … 19 : French [? Annales de la Société Impériale d'Horticulture ] or Caledonian Horticultural …
- … & Agricultural Soc in Bengal— Have they published? [ Journal of the Agricultural and …
- … [Sykes 1832a] & Birds [Sykes 1834]. Zoolog. Proceedings & Journal of Asiatic Soc. Vol. II …
- … Helena 1825 [A. Watson 1825] in Library of Hort. Soc Journal of a Hort. Tour through Flanders …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … Genev. Tom II p. 29 [L. A. Necker 1823] read Lindleys Horticulture [Lindley 1840]— Chapter on …
- … of Rural & Domestic Improvement ] Loudons. Journal of Nat Hist Z & B [ Magazine …
- … catalogue of vars. [T. Hogg 1820] Pat. Neil. Art. on Horticulture. Sold Separately.— [Neill …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … Magazine of Botany [ Gardener's Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture and Natural …
- … [ Journal de la Société Impériale et Centrale d'Horticulture de Paris ] vol. 1 1855. (I …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … Journal de la Société Impériale } or et Centrale d'Horticulture de Paris ]— } Linn. …
- … 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 …
Volume appendices
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Here is a list of the appendices from the print volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin with links to adapted online versions where they are available. Appendix I in each volume contains translations of letters in foreign languages and these can…
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- … Here is a list of the appendices from the print volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin …
- … Appendix I in each volume contains translations of letters in foreign languages and these can be …
- … 2 V Questions about the breeding of animals …
- … Darwin’s questions on the breeding of animals in captivity …
- … 4 II Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia 4 …
- … 5 II Death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin …
- … 6 III Dates of composition of Darwin’s manuscript on species …
- … 7 III Abstract of Darwin’s species theory …
- … 7 V Death of Charles Waring Darwin 7 VI …
- … 7 VIII Presentation copies of Origin …
- … New material added to the US edition of Origin 8 V …
- … 8 VII Reviews of Origin , 1859–60 …
- … Presentation list for Asa Gray’s pamphlet on Origin of species …
- … with Drosera read before the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society, 21 February 1861 …
- … Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood I, concerning the properties of ice 9 …
- … Presentation list for third edition of Origin 9 VIII …
- … Beaton’s responses to Charles Darwin’s letters to the Journal of Horticulture …
- … 19 VI Henrietta Emma Darwin’s journal 1871 …
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed …
- … 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German …
- … Darwin told Wallace that, among the available photographs of him, ‘I like best the profile of Ernest …
- … is a strong likeness & pleasing are now making some copies of for us’; but as yet he had none to …
- … and Fry evidently approached Darwin again in the spring of 1871, with a request that he would sit …
- … not think it worth their while, from a commercial point of view, to come down to Down House. They …
- … the firm’s photographer had produced more than one view of him, and in fact a group is known, …
- … that they date from the later 1870s are clearly wide of the mark. As regards Darwin’s appearance, he …
- … articles on Darwin. It had also appeared in another American journal, The Library Table in …
- … p. 309, illustrating an article on Darwin’s influence on horticulture (DAR 140.1.4) was reprinted in …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and …
- … and colonial authorities. In the nineteenth-century, letter writing was one of the most important …
- … readers, observers, and experimenters across the globe, most of whom he never met. His contacts were …
- … and professions. He extended the social and geographic range of his contacts in large part by …
- … and George Frederick Cupples, introduced him to communities of pigeon fanciers and dog breeders. …
- … structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific friends with whom he shared …
- … thinking. He also looked to this circle for support in times of uncertainty, controversy, or …
- … personal ties could be built gradually through the exchange of scientific knowledge and the free …
- … botanist Asa Gray. Darwin and Hooker Letter 714 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D. …
- … and he is curious about Hooker’s thoughts. Letter 729 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., …
- … to Hooker “it is like confessing a murder”. Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D. …
- … wide-ranging genera. Darwin and Gray Letter 1674 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, …
- … and asks him to append the ranges of the species. Letter 1685 — Gray, Asa to Darwin, C. …
- … and relationships of alpine flora in the USA. Letter 2125 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, …
- … and their approach to information exchange. Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D …
- … 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. …
- … for Brent’s papers. Huxley has asked him to publish in his journal. The debate about John …
- … themselves. Scott’s work is not science, but “scientific horticulture”. Letter 4471 — …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
- … orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing (1862), and in several …
- … for those works had been limited to studying the structure of flowers and the physiological effects …
- … Although Darwin was no stranger to long months and years of research on other projects, Cross and …
- … botanist Asa Gray, ‘I have just begun a large course of experiments on the germination of the seed …
- … the French botanist Édouard Bornet had provided seeds of some varieties of poppy ( Papaver ) that …
- … Édouard Bornet, 1 December 1866 ). Darwin began a series of experiments, reporting back to Bornet …
- … been self fertilised. This case highlighted the complexity of the research: simply preventing or …
- … writing from Brazil in December 1866, noted that plants of this poppy growing in his garden were …
- … 17 March [1867] ). He noted another factor in a letter to Gray, remarking, ‘I am going on with my …
- … work, noting its practical importance for agriculture and horticulture ( From Federico Delpino, 5 …
- … [1873] ). In September, Darwin wrote a long letter to Nature commenting on a seemingly …
- … A. R. Wallace, 13 December 1876 ). No reply to this letter has been found, but Darwin had long …
- … , criticised Darwin’s statistics. Darwin wrote to the journal, ‘I hope that any reader who is …
