From John Scott 12 [February 1864]
Summary
Regrets sending his MS missing two pages.
Has proofs of his paper on the monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
J. H. Balfour objected to notion of maize descent from a hermaphrodite.
Reading of JS’s paper on Selaginella hybrid [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 192–9] deferred until March. Believes it is first example of experimentally produced hybridity in higher cryptogams.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 [Feb 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4386 |
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- … From John Scott 12 [February 1864] …
- … DAR 177: 100 John Scott Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 12 [Feb 1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Edinburgh | Botanic Gardens Jan y . 12 th . Sir. I duly received your notes of the 6 …
- … Scott mistakenly wrote 12 January; the date February 1864 is established by the …
- … John Scott, 7 January [1864] and nn. 12 and 13, and enclosure 2). John Hutton Balfour was …
To J. D. Hooker 12 July [1864]
Summary
Ernst Haeckel writes that young German scientists are enthusiastic for natural selection.
Did JDH write the article in Natural History Review on trees not producing flowers ["Botanical lesson books", (1864): 355–69]?
Encourages Harvey to publish on his "disagreeable" monster plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 July [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4561 |
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To George Bentham 12 July [1864]
Summary
Thanks GB for specimens [of Aegiphila] and his information.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 12 July [1864] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 708) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4562 |
From W. E. Darwin 12 May [1864]
Summary
Observations on style length of 150 flowers of Pulmonaria [angustifolia]. [See Forms of flowers, p. 105.]
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: A66–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4492 |
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- … From W. E. Darwin 12 May [1864] …
- … DAR 110: A66–7 William Erasmus Darwin Southampton 12 May [1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of anthers’ pencil Top of enclosure : ‘May 12 th ’ pencil Enclosure, verso : ‘Shape & size …
- … Southampton May 12. My Dear Father, At last I have finished the Pulmonaria. I went over …
To Henry Holland 6 November [1864]
Summary
Thanks for congratulations on award of Copley Medal by the Royal Society.
Discusses his long period of ill health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1864] |
| Classmark: | Peter Harrington (dealer) (September 2020) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4661F |
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- … For Holland’s travels, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Henry Holland, 4 November [ …
- … throughout much of 1863 and the early part of 1864 (see Correspondence vols. 11 and 12). …
- … 4 November [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). The Royal Society of London awarded CD …
- … Copley Medal in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Henry Holland, 4 November [ …
- … Spencer 1860–2 ; see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Henry Holland, 4 November [1864] …
From Charles Wentworth Dilke 12 October 1864
Summary
In response to CD’s notice in Gardeners’ Chronicle [Collected papers 2: 93], sends planting times of peas from an 1861 almanac.
| Author: | Charles Wentworth Dilke, Jr, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 180 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4634 |
From Daniel Oliver 12 March 1864
Summary
Discusses homologies of plant organs.
The passion-flower tendril should be considered a modified branch rather than a modified flower. Considers the distinction between the peduncle and the leaf midrib.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 157.2: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4425 |
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To Charles Buxton 12 October [1864]
Summary
Has heard that the yeast in CB’s brewery has failed. Asks for confirmation and answers to some questions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Buxton |
| Date: | 12 Oct [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A36–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4633 |
From William Marshall 12 June 1864
Summary
Informs CD of two distinct forms of Plantago lanceolata.
| Author: | William Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A88–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4530 |
To Louis Agassiz 12 April 1864
Summary
Thanks LA for Methods of study [1863].
Is gratified that he has not taken a personal dislike to CD, though he is strongly opposed to nearly everything CD has written.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 277) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4460 |
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 12 March [1864]
Summary
Request for plants.
CD’s continuing ill health.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4426 |
To W. E. Darwin [19 May 1864]
Summary
Mentions WED’s extraordinary discovery of some pollen-grains of different sizes. The observations must be followed up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [19 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 186 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5333 |
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- … from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] and [20 May 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). See …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] . William had included …
- … at Down for some time (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from H. E. Darwin to W. E. …
- … CD’s annotations, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] . …
- … 17 May 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). For CD’s interest in Rhamnus (buckthorn), see …
To Hermann Kindt 17 September 1864
Summary
Sends his thanks for a kind letter; he has copied out the last sentence of the Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hermann Adolph Christian August (Hermann) Kindt |
| Date: | 17 Sept 1864 |
| Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (11 and 12 June 2002); Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives (Autograph Letters: Harland Collection, vol. 1, p. 67, GB127.MS f 091 H15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13874 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 2 February [1864]
Summary
Returns WBT’s box of skulls. One or two skulls may be elsewhere, but CD does not have the strength to search for them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1864] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5389 |
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- … 1 February 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12), Tegetmeier had offered to collect the skulls …
- … months of 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 25 February [1864] and …
- … 1 February 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). CD refers to a box of skulls of various …
- … Covent Garden (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 1 February …
- … of crossed fowls (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 1 February …
From E. A. Darwin, Charles Darwin, and W. E. Darwin to Thomas Salt 12 April 1864
Summary
Instructions concerning the payment of the principal and interest of the mortgage to Mr Childe.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin; Erasmus Alvey Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Salt |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | Rachel Salt (private collection); sold at Spink’s (dealers), July 2018 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4460F |
To J. D. Hooker [10 and 12 January 1864]
Summary
CD very ill.
Suspects F. Boott’s widow is illegitimate granddaughter of Erasmus Darwin.
CD, like JDH, has speculated that agrarian weeds have become adapted to cultivated ground. Suggests comparison with country of origin.
Wallace’s praise of Herbert Spencer’s Social statics baffles CD.
[Letter completed by E. A. Darwin.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 and 12 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 216 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4389 |
To A. C. Ramsay 12 July [1864]
Summary
Thanks for his book [Physical geology and geography of Great Britain, 2d. ed. (1864)].
Pleased that ACR’s glacial lake theory is progressing. New Zealand lakes support the view. Suggests he write to Charles Gould in Tasmania, calling his attention to glacial action.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Date: | 12 July [1864] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Ramsay 306: 8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4560 |
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 17 March [1864]
Summary
Request for plant.
Receipt of Oliver’s letter.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 224 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4429 |
From George Varenne Reed 15 August 1864
Summary
Horace Darwin making progress, but tires easily and does not like drudgery.
| Author: | George Varenne Reed |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Aug 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4591 |
To A. R. Wallace [c. 10 April 1864]
Summary
Has seen that ARW has read a paper to the Linnean Society.
Thinks that Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics (Spencer 1851) would be too deep for him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [c. 10 Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | The Argyll Papers, Inveraray Castle (NRAS 1209/856) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4378F |
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Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
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You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … barely understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, …
- … Stove [that is, cool hothouse]’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March …
- … of different temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661) …
- … 100 yards’ to the greenhouses ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January …
- … in mid-February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863 ). The second list is …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . …
- … punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. ‘Anoectochilus argenteus 5 s .’ deleted in …
- … Bolbophyllum barbigerum 12 major …
- … Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 13. …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
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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- … Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 February was a cause for international …
- … and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … ). The botanist and schoolteacher Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and …
- … well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard …
- … ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s final task …
- … inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there were ‘too many human …
- … not to have come up when the Darwins lunched with him on 12 August (Darwin’s ‘Journal’). Nor did …
- … the world. At the end of the year he was awarded a prize of 12,000 francs by the Turin Academy of …
- … which greatly pleased Darwin ( letter from Grant Allen, 12 February 1879 ). One of Allen’s targets …
- … engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s response not …
- … accurate in its treatment’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 November 1879 ). The comment that …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material was …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 …
- … was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Though containing …
- … print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's …
- … Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George’s letter …
- … he finally wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any …
- … & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ). More …
- … vicar of Deptford ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ), but to her …
- … mechanism that Darwin agreed with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American …
- … bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester …
- … excellent, & as clear as light’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). Hooker …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
Summary
< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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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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- … made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
- … books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described …
- … Darwin had difficulty in obtaining mature plants. On 12 April, he reported to Müller , ‘I have …
- … to make me happy & contented,’ he told Wallace on 12 July , ‘but life has become very …
- … fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). Darwin may have …
- … else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual …
- … of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ): ‘my notions on …
- … least 3 classes of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to …
- … passed so miserable a nine months’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 12 September [1862] ). A family …
- … ‘Botany is a new subject to me’ ( letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ), but, impressed by …
- … into Tyndall’s ears’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). Another of Darwin’s …
German and Dutch photograph albums
Summary
Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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- … their generous sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the …
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…
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- … than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 December , ‘I have not felt so angry …
- … from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all future …
- … of a bill that was presented to the House of Commons on 12 May, one week after a rival bill based on …
- … The author, Fritz Schultze, contacted Darwin himself on 12 June , describing the aims of his book …
- … scientific Socy. has done in my time,’ he told Hooker on 12 December . ‘I wish that I knew what …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Rubiaceae with enclosures containing bud samples, 12 May 1878 G. H. Darwin's …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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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, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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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Henrietta Darwin's diary
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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…
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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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…
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Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
