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To G. H. Darwin 7 May [1879]
Summary
A big book arrived for GHD before CD left Down. Hopes it is Thomson and Tait [Treatise on natural philosophy, 2 vols., 2d ed. (1869)]. It shows what they think of GHD.
Thinks it grand if GHD has made a correction about "such an old sinner as the Sun" and hopes his arithmetic on his old subject will turn out right.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12036 |
To G. H. Darwin 30 May [1880]
Summary
Discusses GHD’s genealogical researches
and his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12619 |
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- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Probably Anne Ashburner , Sara Darwin’s aunt. William and Frances Anna Thomson had lunched with the Darwins on 11 May 1880 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [11 May 1880] (DAR 219.9: 236)). George and Horace Darwin were constructing a pendulum to measure the lunar disturbance of gravity ( G. …
