To Frank Hurndall 20 September 1881
Summary
No frogs or toads are able to live in completely closed holes. Cites experiment by William Buckland.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Watkin Frank (Frank) Hurndall |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13345 |
From Frank Hurndall 10 September 1881
Summary
Reports that a living frog was found in a lump of coal.
| Author: | Watkin Frank (Frank) Hurndall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 201: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13328 |
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- … 1894. The life and correspondence of William Buckland, D.D. , F.R.S. , sometime dean of …
- … long periods encased in rock, despite William Buckland’s experiments, carried out in the …
- … Buckland , in common with many other men of science, had poured scorn on the idea that frogs and toads found entombed in this way were as old as the rocks in which they were discovered (‘The frog in the block of coal’, The Times , 16 September 1862, p. 7). William …
To A. W. Buckland 10 October [1881]
Summary
Does not believe imagination of mother can affect new-born infant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anne Walbank Buckland |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13386 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hurndall, Frank | (1) |
Addressee
| Buckland, A. W. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hurndall, Frank | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hurndall, Frank | (2) |
| Buckland, A. W. | (1) |
