From Charles James Fox Bunbury 7 February 1856
Summary
Has heard CD is much interested in questions relating to varieties and species. Mentions a case of a seminal variety of Colletia spinosa, described by John Lindley, which appears identical with another wild species of Colletia from S. America. Hopes CD will one day "enlighten us very much" on "the laws of species". There are many different views on the limits of species; M. F. Dunal made 50 species of Solanum which George Bentham considers are all varieties of S. nigrum.
| Author: | Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 374, DAR 205.4: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1830 |
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Coddington, Henry. 1830. On the improvement of the microscope. [Read 22 March 1830.] Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 3: 421–8.
Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sébastien César, ed. 1830–5. Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe. Histoire 5 vols. 1830–5; Zoologie 4 vols. 1830–4; Botanique 1 vol. 1832; Entomologie 2 pts in 1 vol. 1832–5; Philologie 1 vol. 1833. Paris: J. Tastu, éditeur-imprimeur.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne. 1830. Principes de philosophie zoologique, discutés en Mars 1830, au sein de l’Académie Royale des Sciences. Paris. [vols. 3,8]
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. 1830–2. Principes de philosophie zoologique. Discutés en mars 1830 au sein de l’Académie Royale des Sciences par Mr. Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire. Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche Kritik (1830), pt 2: 413–22; (1832), pt 1: 401–22.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne. 1830. Principes de philosophie zoologique, discutés en mars 1830, au sein de l’Académie Royale des Sciences. Paris: Pichon et Didier; Rousseau.
Tennyson, Alfred. 1830. Poems, chiefly lyrical. London.
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- … Tennyson, Alfred. 1830. Poems, chiefly lyrical. London. 1 …
Griffiths, R. W. (1830–1902)
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- … Richard William Griffiths 1830–1902 Architect and surveyor. …
From Edward Blyth [1–8 October 1855]
Summary
Notes on Lyell’s Principles, vol. 2.
EB does not believe in connecting links between genera; there is no tendency to gradation between groups of animals.
Does not believe shortage of food can directly produce any heritable effect on size.
Comments on significance of variations discussed by Lyell. Variation in dentition and coloration.
Behaviour of elephants and monkeys.
When varieties are crossed EB considers that the form of the offspring, whether intermediate or like one or other of the parents, depends upon how nearly related the parents are.
Thinks that in the struggle for existence hybrids, and varieties generally, must be expected to give way to the "beautiful & minute adaptation" of the pure types.
Colours of Indian birds.
Vitality of seeds.
Variation among palms.
Fauna of Malaysia and New Zealand. Ranges of bird species.
[Memorandum originally enclosed with 1760.]
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1–8 Oct 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: A37–A50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1762 |
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- … in which Blyth stated that he did not have the second volume of C. Lyell 1830–3 to hand. …
- … C. Lyell 1830–3 , vol. 2, to which the page numbers in Blyth’s letter refer. Many of the …
- … 13, 251–9, 307–17, 373–89. Lyell, Charles. 1830–3. Principles of geology, being an attempt …
- … 1855] , n. 31). There is a copy of Lyell 1830–3 in the Darwin Library–CUL. The Egyptian …
- … one presented by six-fingered families of the human race. ’ ( C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 27). …
- … C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 28, refers to Prichard 1826 , 1: 96, on this point. Prichard 1826 , …
- … CUL and was annotated by CD. C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 34, with reference to Herbert 1822 . …
- … that the male-mule can generate and the female-mule produce’ ( C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 49). …
- … C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 52, cites Prichard 1826 , 1: 217 and 97, on the colour of the …
- … splendid than the birds of the hot parts of America’ ( C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 68). J. D. …
- … Hooker 1853–5 , 1: xi. C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 76, refers to ‘the lenticula marina, or …
- … investigate the vitality of seeds. C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 82: ‘No one contests the American …
- … the ancient term for giraffe. C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 89, records ‘with the exception of a …
- … tribes of pouched animals’. C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 90, refers to bats having been found in …
- … in Dieffenbach 1843 , 2: 296. C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 91, states: ‘The New Guinea hog is of …
- … preservative power of closely glazed cases in 1830. Plants enclosed in almost air-tight …
- … E. Allen 1976 , pp. 133–4. C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 100, says of parrots: ‘In this extensive …
- … snake or cobra di capello. ’ ( C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 103). Three cobras are figured in …
- … of some of our nobility. ’ ( C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 149). In his later discussion of the …
- … Testudo indica on Mauritius ( C. Lyell 1830–3 , 2: 151). Land-tortoises were, however, …
Lagesse, Marcelle. 1982. Blyth Brothers and Company Limited, 1830–1980. Cassis, Mauritius: M. Coquet.
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- … 1982. Blyth Brothers and Company Limited, 1830–1980. Cassis, Mauritius: M. Coquet. 25,30 …
Comte, Auguste. 1830–42. Cours de philosophie positive. 6 vols. Paris.
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- … Comte, Auguste. 1830–42. Cours de philosophie positive. 6 vols. Paris. IV.13.31 9 …
Graba, Karl Julian. 1830. Tagebuch, geführt auf einer Reise nach Färö im Jahre 1828. Hamburg.
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- … Graba, Karl Julian. 1830. Tagebuch, geführt auf einer Reise nach Färö im Jahre 1828. …
Quoy, Jean René Constant and Gaimard, Joseph Paul. 1830[–4]. Zoologie. 4 vols. Voyage de découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de J. Dumont d’Urville, by Jules Sébastian César Dumont d’Urville. 15 vols. Paris: J. Tastu. 1830[–5].
Seringe, Nicolas Charles. 1830. Pommier monstrueux de St.-Vallery, avec une notice sur la disposition des carpelles de plusieurs fruits. Bulletin Botanique ou Collection de Notices Originales et d’Extraits des Ouvrages Botaniques no. 5, May 1830, pp. 117–25.
Vicq d’Azyr, Félix. 1787–1830. Médicine. 13 vols. In Encyclopédie methodique. 190 vols. Paris.
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- … Vicq d’Azyr, Félix. 1787–1830. Médicine. 13 vols. In Encyclopédie methodique. 190 vols. …
Genlis, S. F. (1746–1830)
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- … Stéphanie Félicité Genlis Madame de 1746–1830 French author and educator. …
To J. Shillinglaw, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society [1839 – May 1842]
Summary
Asks for volumes of F. W. Beechey’s work [Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Bering Strait (1831)] and Nautical magazine and an order on [John] Arrowsmith for atlas of Dumont d’Urville’s Voyage in the "Astrolabe".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Shillinglaw; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | [1839 – May 1842] |
| Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-477 |
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- … Island birds, etc. John Arrowsmith . Dumont d’ Urville, ed. 1830–5 . Duperrey 1825–30 . …
- … Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sébastien César, ed. 1830–5. Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe. …
- … Histoire 5 vols. 1830–5; Zoologie 4 vols. …
- … 1830–4; Botanique 1 vol. 1832; Entomologie 2 pts in 1 vol. 1832–5; Philologie 1 vol. 1833. …
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Interview with Pietro Corsi
Summary
Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … by Toby Appel on the Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire-Cuvier debate of 1830, she mentions Bory de Saint …
- … Restoration (we are talking of the period between 1815 and 1830) there was an increasing movement …
- … Moreover, in France, even during the hardest years, 1825?1830, when the minister of education – let …
- … If you read Fleming’s writings on Lamarck from 1820 to 1830, you will notice a change of tone. At …
- … of potentially dangerous atheism implicit in Lamarck. By 1830 in England, a lot of people are really …
- … – [who] openly said that what Paris had been until 1830, now London was. In particular, one of my …
- … real threat. [?] Of course, in England, remember, in 1830, the great debate on the decline of …
