From David Forbes 22 November [1871]
Summary
Effect of turf covering on the disintegration of rocks. Weathering of rock; relative importance of different agents with different rocks.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Nov [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8081 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Forbes, David Darwin, C. R. …
- … From David Forbes 22 November [1871] …
- … DAR 164: 148 David Forbes Geological Society 22 Nov [1871] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to David Forbes, 18 November [1871] . …
- … Letter to David Forbes, 18 November [1871] . CD argued that the digestive acids of …
- … see Earthworms , pp. 240–6). See letter to David Forbes, 18 November [1871] and n. 4. ‘ …
- … try and be of any slight assistance to you & I remain yours most sincerely | David Forbes …
From David Forbes 18 February 1871
Summary
Thanks for copy of Descent.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7487 |
From David Forbes 1 March 1872
Summary
Sends information on composition of chalk at Shoreham and Folkestone.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8233 |
From David Forbes 30 July 1870
Summary
Would much like CD to contribute a note for insertion after his paper on Aymara Indians.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 July 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 145 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7291 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Forbes, David Darwin, C. R. …
- … From David Forbes 30 July 1870 …
- … DAR 164: 145 David Forbes London, York Place, 11 30 July 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Collection–CUL. See also letter from David Forbes, 13 June 1870 . No copy has been found …
- … me my dear Sir | Yours very truly | David Forbes I shall not be offended if you “pitch …
From David Forbes 13 June 1870
Summary
Has completed a memoir on the Aymara Indians of Bolivia [J. Ethnol. Soc. n.s. 2 (1870): 193–305] and is going to lecture on them.
Believes he has data relevant to CD’s work on man.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 June 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 144 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7228 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Forbes, David Darwin, C. R. …
- … From David Forbes 13 June 1870 …
- … DAR 164: 144 David Forbes London, York Place, 11 13 June 1870 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … have such fine weather | I remain my dear M r Darwin | Yours most sincerely | David Forbes …
- … that CD cites is in the letter from David Forbes, 26 March 1868 ( Correspondence vol. …
From David Forbes 30 January 1869
Summary
DF’s opinion of Gustav Jenzsch’s book [Mikroskopische Flora und Fauna (1868)]. Encloses extract of a letter from Ferdinand Zirkel also mentioning Jenzsch’s work.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 143–143/2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6584 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Forbes, David Darwin, C. R. …
- … From David Forbes 30 January 1869 …
- … DAR 164: 143–143/2 David Forbes London, York Place, 11 30 Jan 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Correspondence vol. 16, letter from David Forbes, 26 March 1868 . For a translation of …
- … dear M r Darwin | Yours most sincerely | David Forbes Extract from a letter from Professor …
From David Forbes [after 12 December 1860]
Summary
Glacial action in the Andes.
Origin of Chilean sheep.
Varieties of S. American horses.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 11 December 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 150 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2621 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Forbes, David Darwin, C. R. …
- … From David Forbes [after 12 December 1860] …
- … DAR 164: 150 David Forbes unstated [after 11 December 1860] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … than tibia, &c. Yours very truly | David Forbes 3.1 From … reliable 3.14] ‘Glacial Action’ …
- … Oxford University Press. 1927–96. Forbes, James David. 1861. On the climate of Edinburgh …
From David Forbes 26 March 1868
Summary
Blushing in South American Indians.
Hairlessness of Aymaras and Quechuas. [See Descent 2: 322–3.]
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Mar 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 80: B168 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6054 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Forbes, David Darwin, C. R. …
- … From David Forbes 26 March 1868 …
- … DAR 80: B168 David Forbes Boulton 26 Mar 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to David Forbes, [20 March 1868] and n. 3. For CD’s question on blushing, see …
- … met Forbes in London (see letter to David Forbes, [20 March 1868] ). In his paper, ‘On the …
- … I remain Dear Sir Yours very truly | David Forbes PS One or two of the tribes on the Beni …
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| letter | (8) |
Author
| Forbes, David | [X] |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Forbes, David | (8) |
