To W. W. Baxter? 10 November [1872–4]
Summary
Would greatly prefer an enema with a shorter nozzle but with a somewhat larger diameter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 10 Nov [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13774 |
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To ? 10 July [1872–3]
Summary
Sends publication details of Coral reefs, which he thinks is now only available in Geology of the ‘Beagle’: Geological observations on coral reefs, volcanic islands, and on South America.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 10 July [1872-3] |
| Classmark: | Stuart Lutz Historic Documents (dealer) (January 2020) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8404F |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 10 September 1872
Summary
Alexander [Kovalevsky] is intent on assisting Russian publication of Expression. Sends estimates of costs and profits. At 7s 6d per copy a net profit of £150–200 is expected.
Wilhelm Wundt [Menschen und Thierseele (1863)] probably of no use.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8516 |
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- … From V. O. Kovalevsky 10 September 1872 …
- … Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) London, Euston Rd, 218 10 Sept 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … London | 218 Euston Road. 10 Sept. 72. Dear Sir As I expected I found letters from my …
- … terms (see letter to V. O. Kovalevsky, 10 August [1872] ). Satinage is the German term …
- … 1872 , Robert Francis Cooke proposed a £10 charge for electrotypes of the woodcuts for all …
- … 15 Binding — — 25 Satinage of papers and sundries 10 £ 185 Besides the cost of printing we …
- … 4s the page — 80 Casts from Murray — 10 Heliotypes 2000 150 Transport of casts & Heliot. …
- … to S Petersb. — 10 £ 250 185 £. 435. The highest price that could be possible fixed for …
To [Walter Besant?] 10 January [1872–4]
Summary
Refuses an invitation on the grounds of ill-health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Walter Besant |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | eBay UK: worthpoint.com/worthopedia/emma-darwin-original-letter-1871-286171432, accessed 30 January 2020 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9236F |
To V. O. Kovalevsky 10 August [1872]
Summary
Sends proofs and details [concerning VOK’s Russian translation of Expression (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Date: | 10 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8462 |
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- … To V. O. Kovalevsky 10 August [1872] …
- … Mittag-Leffler Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Aug [1872] Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky ( …
- … August [1872] ). See letter to R. F. Cooke, 10 August [1872] and n. 2. CD was at Leith …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Aug 10 th My dear Sir It is no trouble to me to write short …
To Herbert Spencer 10 June [1872]
Summary
Expresses his "unbounded admiration" for HS’s article on Martineau ["Mr Martineau on evolution", Contemp. Rev. 20 (1872): 141–54]
and his article on sociology [Contemp. Rev. 19 (1872): 701–18]. CD never believed in the reigning influence of great men on the world’s progress but could not have given his reasons. "Now every one with eyes to see and ears to hear . . . ought to bow their knee to you, as I for one do."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Herbert Spencer |
| Date: | 10 June [1872] |
| Classmark: | University of London, Senate House Library (MS791/80) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8380 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Herbert Spencer 10 June [1872] …
- … House Library (MS791/80) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 10 June [1872] Herbert Spencer …
- … We have come here to my son’s house for 10 days’ rest; as I have just finished & sent my …
- … Bassett, Southampton June 10 th Dear Spencer I daresay you will think me a foolish fellow, …
- … lived ( Spencer 1872–3 , part 2, pp. 705–10). CD sent Expression to the printers William …
To John Topham 10 December 1872
Summary
Thanks JT for his information and hopes to attend to it in any future edition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Topham |
| Date: | 10 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | Bonhams (dealers) (14 November 2014) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8669F |
To Georg von Seidlitz 10 April 1872
Summary
Has received two copies of GvS’s Die Darwin’sche Theorie. As he already has a copy, CD will send one to the Royal Society [of London], and the other to the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Georg Karl Maria (Georg) von Seidlitz |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1872 |
| Classmark: | Zoologische Staatssammlung München |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8283F |
From Federico Delpino 10 November 1872
Summary
Going on circumnavigation voyage aboard the Garibaldi.
| Author: | Federico Delpino |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 150 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8617 |
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To ? 22 May 1872
Summary
Agrees to contribute £10 towards a new road in the area of Beckenham, although he doubts whether the road will be of much use to him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 22 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8347 |
From J. V. Carus 10 December 1872
Summary
Asks whether CD has any changes to make in a new German edition of Variation, which is to be published next year.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8670 |
To C. L. Dodgson 10 December 1872
Summary
Thanks for offer of photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
| Date: | 10 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Harcourt Amory collection of Lewis Carroll MS Eng 718.12: 2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8668 |
To J. V. Carus 10 October [1872]
Summary
Will consider JVC’s comments on Expression when he prepares a new edition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 92–93) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8553 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 10 October [1872] …
- … 92–93) Charles Robert Darwin Sevenoaks Down letterhead 10 Oct [1872] Julius Victor Carus …
- … from J. V. Carus, 7 October 1872 and n. 10. See letter from J. V. Carus, 7 October …
- … Beckenham, Kent. [Sevenoaks, Kent. ] Oct 10 th My dear Sir I am sincerely glad to hear …
From Eduard von Eichwald 10 January 1872
Summary
Sends paper on the coasts of Alaska.
Wishes to sell his large Russian palaeontological collection.
Wants to get in touch with American (Mr Dall), who is going to study geology of Alaskan and Aleutian coast.
| Author: | Karl Eduard (Eduard) von Eichwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 163: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8155 |
To Charles Lyell 10 May [1872]
Summary
Comments on CL’s Principles of geology, 11th ed.
Discusses natural selection in man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 10 May [1872] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.415) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8314 |
To Ernst Haeckel 20 December 1872
Summary
Comments on EH’s forthcoming [Die Kalkschwämme (1872)].
Thinks EH is working much too hard.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1:1-52/28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8688 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … December 1872 ). See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 December 1872 and n. 16. CD refers to …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 December 1872 . Haeckel had instructed his publisher to …
- … as the gastrula stage, in his letter of 10 December 1872 . Haeckel’s monograph consisted …
- … 1872a , 3). See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 December 1872 and n. 13. The source of the …
- … been identified. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 December 1872 . CD visited his brother …
- … translation of Lubbock 1865a (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 December 1872 and n. …
- … 14). In his letter of 10 December 1872 , Haeckel had apologised for only having skimmed …
To R. F. Cooke 10 August [1872]
Summary
CD suggests fair way for the Heliotype Company to charge for new negatives and copies of plates.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 10 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 257) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8463 |
From W. E. Darwin to Frederic Higgins 10 November [1872]
Summary
Glad the house and cottage are completed. Hopes there is a good-sized garden with the cottage.
Please remember himself and CD to FH’s father, John Higgins.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frederic Higgins |
| Date: | 10 November [1872] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/5/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8617F |
From Ernst Haeckel 10 December 1872
Summary
Thanks CD for Expression.
Describes work on Die Kalkschwämme and its principal conclusions.
The application of biogenetic law.
Notes variability among calcareous sponges.
Gastrula-like "Gastraea" as ancestor of multicellular animals.
Posits homology between Hydra, Olynthus of calcareous sponges, and initial germ layers of higher animals.
Comments on Lubbock’s Prehistoric times [1865]
and on David Strauss’s Der alte und der neue Glaube [1872].
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 34, 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8669 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Ernst Haeckel 10 December 1872 …
- … 166: 34, 59 Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel Jena 10 Dec 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Jena 10 Decbr 72 Mein theurer hochverehrter Freund! Verzeihen Sie, dass ich Ihnen erst …
- … Taf. 2 anzusehen, ferner Ascaltis Darwinii (Taf. 10, Fig. 3) mit ihren generischen und …
- … Jena 10 Decbr 72 My dear most honoured friend! Forgive me for only today expressing my …
- … in table 2, also Ascaltis Darwinii (table 10, fig. 3) with their generic and specific …
From St G. J. Mivart 10 January 1872
Summary
Agrees to close their correspondence. Defends his position against criticisms of Huxley and Chauncey Wright; assures CD of his continuing friendly feelings.
| Author: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 199 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8154 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (58) |
| Günther, Albert | (5) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (4) |
| John Murray | (4) |
| Airy, Hubert | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (77) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
| John Murray | (5) |
| Carus, J. V. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (135) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (9) |
| John Murray | (9) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (8) |
| Günther, Albert | (7) |
Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868
Summary
My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…
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- … catch my interest. And as I did so, my eyes fell on a 10 June 1868 Darwin letter to Huxley in which …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
Matches: 8 hits
- … given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he …
- … finished hearing it read aloud ( letter to Fritz Müller, 10 August [1865] ). Over the next few …
- … ( see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible …
- … similarly coloured varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November …
- … ‘industry & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). Scott took these …
- … of transmutation to humans (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 ). However, probably …
- … Cresy, 7 September [1865] , and letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ). Francis and …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
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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- … self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a …
- … of the young plants is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By early December, …
- … great measure my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had …
- … had ‘begun to prepare for press observations continued for 10 years on the effects of crossing …
- … 12 November 1876 ). The book was published on 10 November 1876. Within days, Darwin received …
- … of rye and wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
Summary
In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … within the family, Henrietta explained to Stephen on 10 January , hoping that he did not think …
- … investigate aggregation. He explained to Fritz Müller on 10 September why he had embarked on …
- … to the general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). Josef Popper, an expert …
- … to R. F. Cooke, 5 October 1881 ). The publication date was 10 October, but by 7 October Darwin …
- … of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October that no one would ‘any longer …
Schools Gallery: Using Darwin’s letters in the classroom
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English| History| Science English Pupils in Cumbria lead the way Year 9 English pupils at Ulverston Victoria High School spent several weeks studying Darwin’s letters, including comparing sections from Darwin’s ‘Voyage of the Beagle’ to letters…
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
Summary
On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
Henrietta Darwin's diary
Summary
Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
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- … now in the balance & I can laugh & talk & settle Bradshaw 10 etc etc just as …
- … me so. If I cannot be a good wife I have indeed neglected my 10 talents. 11 July 5th. …
- … all the world to me to see him smile to hear his voice 10 years on how will it be when we are 50 …
- … . 9 Richard Buckley Litchfield . 10 Bradshaw’s railway guide . …
Was Darwin an ecologist?
Summary
One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
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- … to me.— Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . The ‘hard …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … however, continued to be raised in various ways. On 10 January, Charles O’Shaughnessy , an Irish …
- … them to such extent?’ enthused Hermann Hoffmann on 10 January , while on 23 June, Auguste Forel …
- … of plant digestion further, had already reported on 10 January that he had confirmed the ‘more …
- … Caroline home, they had experienced a further calamity. On 10 May, William suffered serious …
- … mentioned his oldest daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
Summary
The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
Matches: 5 hits
- … of coffee to two cups a day, since coffee, with the ‘10 drops of Muriatic acid twice a day (with …
- … the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began …
- … you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s letter …
- … know how to begin’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] ). The intrusion of …
- … other German states and Austria in June and July. Writing on 10 May from Württemberg, one of the …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
Summary
In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Matches: 6 hits
- … (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter …
- … had been published in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in …
- … of species, when crossed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] ). He reminded Huxley again …
- … Verbascum and Zea (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). However, when Evidence as …
- … other acquired differences’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). In addition to crossing …
- … orchid genus Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 10). Their 1863 letters reveal Darwin’s …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 12 hits
- … you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN: 10 My dear Dr Gray. I really hardly know …
- … Hooker is younger than Darwin and Gray by about 10 years. Like Gray, he is a professional botanist …
- … right when he said the whole subject would be forgotten in 10 years. But now that I hear you will …
- … a lesser degree ‘Blood’s One Penny Envelope, 1, 3, and 10 cents’. If you will make him this present, …
- … HOOKER: 208 We had a horrid scare 10 days ago, in the form of a Telegram from ‘Nature’ to …
- … XVII, 1882 4 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 10 MAY 1848 5 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER …
- … 9 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 22 MAY 1855 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 …
- … JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 72 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 JANUARY 1860 73 C DARWIN TO …
- … A GRAY, 21 JULY 1861 120 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C …
- … 18 FEBRUARY 1862 129 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, 10 MARCH 1862 130 C DARWIN …
- … 23 NOVEMBER 1862 136 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 10–20 JUNE 1862 137 A GRAY TO …
- … AND 26 JANUARY 1862 142 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 NOVEMBER 1862 143 A …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his theory, he …
- … with other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware …
- … views.—’ ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 ). What worried Darwin most …
- … serve a purpose in Britain. He immediately wrote to Gray on 10 September after studying the first …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … interesting to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). However, even members …
- … he disagreed with Henrietta, or that Krause had written on 10 July to say that he had derived …
- … & experiment’ ( letter from J. F. Moulton, 10 December 1879 ). In reply to Darwin’s response …
- … Leopold Würtenberger fared better. When he wrote on 10 January to ask whether Darwin could find him …
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…
Matches: 31 hits
- … Marcel de Serres Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. …
- … on wheat [Le Couteur 1836] Bechstein on Caged Birds. 10 s 6 d . translated by Rennie …
- … Soc read Prichards. Nat: History of Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843] must be studied . …
- … Des ). De leur Anatomie, Reproduction et Culture. 4to. Avec 10 planches. Amsterdam, 1768. 12 s . …
- … G. Browne 1799]— well skimmed 1839 Jan 10 All life of W. Scott [Lockhart 1837–8] …
- … Voyage of Kolff to the Molucca Sea [Kolff 1840] 10 th Surville-Marion [Crozet 1783]. …
- … 1839]. References at end. chiefly on instincts 10 th . Blackwalls Researches in Zoology …
- … 1839–40]. references at end.— Maer (June 10 to Nov. 14. 1840) Smellies Buffon 3 d …
- … Hilaire: [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1841] d[itt]o: 10 th Journal de Phys. [ Observations …
- … [Lyman 1781] [DAR 119: 10b] Dec. 10 th The Hour & Man. H. Martineau [H. …
- … Dog [C. H. Smith 1839–40] 2 d . vol. d[itt]o Nov. 10 th Sprengel. Endeckte Geheimniss. …
- … Nat. Lib. vol 14 [Waterhouse 1841] Marked—— 10 th Veterinary [ Veterinarian ] 1828 Vol 1 …
- … & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— 1842 Jan 10 M rs Hamilton Grays Etruria [E …
- … Royle Prod. Resources of India [Royle 1840] abst June 10 th Miller’s old Red Sandstone [H. …
- … Clarendons History [Hyde 1704]. 1843 Jan 10. Last Vol of Clarendons History [Hyde …
- … 26 Hinds Regions of Vegetation [Hinds 1843]. June 10 th . Linnæan Trans. [ Transactions of …
- … 3. vols. [Bradley 1724] (nothing) scarcely —— 10 Johnson’s Field Sports of India [D. Johnson …
- … or Geograph. Distrib:” [Gérard 1844–5] Dec. 10 Ray. Society. Vol I. Reports [Ray Society 1845 …
- … French in Algiers [Lamping 1845] 1846 Jan 10 th Mackintosh life of More …
- … St. Lecons de Morph. Bot. [Saint-Hilaire 1841] April 10 Wagners Anatomy by Tulk [Wagner 1845] …
- … of Ægyptians [J. G. Wilkinson 1837–41].— April 10 3 d vol of d[itt]o W. Scotts Life …
- … May 5. Ray’s Memorials of [Ray 1846] —— 10 th The Falcon Family [Savage] 1845] 27 …
- … Misc. Works. 3 vols: [Mackintosh 1846] Aug 10. Appendix to Carlyle’s Cromwell [Carlyle 1845]. …
- … Travels in Brazil [Gardner 1846]. —— 10 th D r . Joseph Adams. Philosoph. Treatise on …
- … Miller First Impressions of England [H. Miller 1847]. Nov. 10 Prichard Physical Researches. Hist. of …
- … et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève ]. Tom I to 10. —— Annales du Museum [ Annales …
- … W. Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] …
- … Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] —— 10 Neander’s Life of St Bernard [Neander 1843] …
- … Miller Footsteps of the Creator [H. Miller 1849] Dec. 10. Dana’s Geology. U.S. Expedition [J. …
- … to 1837. & thence I have read in Journals June 10 th Goulds Birds of Australia [Gould …
- … . Feb. 1. Emigrants Manual [Burton 1851] March 10 th Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852 …
The evolution of honeycomb
Summary
Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
