To Francis Galton 28 May [1854]
Summary
Discusses how Fuegians and other primitive peoples light fires.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 28 May [1854] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1881 |
To Philip Gidley King 21 February 1854
Summary
PGK’s letter stirred memories of their old days in the Beagle.
Gives news of his work on cirripedes. Would like to examine Scalpellum papillosum of King from Patagonia if PGK’s father has a duplicate in his collection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Philip Gidley King |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1854 |
| Classmark: | W. B. Gidley King (private collection): copy in Mitchell Library, Sydney (FM4/6900, 326–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1554A |
To Charles Lyell 18 February [1854]
Summary
Comments on CL’s plan to visit Tenerife.
Discusses inclination of strata on islands and around mountains.
Personal affairs of several scientists.
Visit by Henslow.
Notes publication by Hooker [Himalayan journals (1854)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 18 Feb [1854] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.108) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1553 |
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- … Robert F. 1834. The geognosy of the island St. Helena, illustrated in a series of views, plans and sections; accompanied with explanatory remarks and observations. London. Volcanic islands : Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy …
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Addressee
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| King, P. G. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| King, P. G. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
