From T. L. Brunton 23 May 1874
Summary
Comments on his examination of slides [of milk casein?] sent by CD.
Surprised by CD’s finding that a drop of one per cent hydrochloric acid stops digestion of albumen by Drosera.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 May 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 120–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10512 |
From T. L. Brunton 26 April [1879]
Summary
Regrets he has not given Zoonomia the attention it deserves. Informs CD that Erasmus Darwin may have anticipated a discovery about paralysis of vessels by exposure to heat [see Erasmus Darwin, p. 109].
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Apr [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12014 |
From T. L. Brunton 26 June [1879]
Summary
Has tried in vain to find out about the influence of Erasmus Darwin on the administration of stimulants in fever.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 June [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 184–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12123 |
From T. L. Brunton 5 December 1879
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Dec 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 186 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12343 |
From T. L. Brunton 10 January 1881
Summary
Sends proofs of lectures he intends to reprint as a book [The Bible and science (1881)]; asks CD if he would check one for errors.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Jan 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 343 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12999 |
From T. L. Brunton 14 February 1881
Summary
Forwards the preface to his book [see 12999] and comments on the effect of the Bible on science.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Feb 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 344 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13053 |
From T. L. Brunton 17 October 1881
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Oct 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 345 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13408 |
From T. L. Brunton 21 November 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for his offer of assistance to David Ferrier.
Discusses CD’s earthworm book.
Tonsils in man as rudimentary organs.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 346 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13496 |
From T. L. Brunton 27 November 1881
Summary
Writes regarding subscription to set up the Science Defence and Advancement Fund to protect investigators from anti-vivisectionists and to promote knowledge of the purpose and importance of vivisection.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 347 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13514 |
From T. L. Brunton 12 February 1882
Summary
Writes regarding the form which the proposed Science Defence Association should take and encloses a draft of proposed resolutions.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Feb 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 348–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13679 |
From T. L. Brunton 2 December 1873
Summary
Offers to experiment on the digestibility of chondrin and chlorophyll by Dionaea for CD.
Has noticed that painters depicting complex expressions give different expressions to the two sides of the face.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Dec 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 337 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9167 |
DCP-LETT-9206
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 340 (fragile) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9206 |
From T. L. Brunton 28 February 1874
Summary
Reports negative results of his experiments on digestion of chlorophyll by Drosera and by animals. [See Insectivorous plants, p. 126.]
Sends references for chondrin.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Feb 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 47–8, DAR 160: 340 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9322 |
From T. L. Brunton 9 March 1874
Summary
Writes on the possible origin of serpent-worship.
Is glad CD does not think his view regarding the two sides of the face is erroneous.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Mar 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 338 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9345 |
From T. L. Brunton 23 July [1874]
Summary
Encloses a tracing of a portrait of John Bunyan showing the differences of the two sides of the face.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 July [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 339 (fragile) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9561 |
From T. L. Brunton 4 September 1874
Summary
Observations of effect of pepsin and hydrochloric acid on urea indicate that it is not digested [by Drosera].
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Sept 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 86–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9625 |
From T. L. Brunton [29] October [1874]
Summary
Forwards a photograph he thought had been lost. Has noticed that the two sides of the face are often asymmetric in portrait busts and statues.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [29] Oct [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 341 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9701 |
From T. L. Brunton 2 November [1874]
Summary
CD may keep the photograph of "the holy Mary of Egypt". TLB may have been led away by his imagination in thinking that one side of the face expressed repentance and the other devout joy.
Comments on David Ferrier’s observations on electrical stimulation of the brain. Extent of response relates to intensity of stimulus.
Crichton-Browne’s observations on the asymmetry of convolutions on the two sides of the brains of maniacs.
Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 342 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9705 |
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Brunton, T. L. | (18) |
Darwin, C. R. | (18) |