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
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- … 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 …
To David Forbes 31 July [1870]
Summary
Thanks DF for proofs of his paper on Aymara Indians.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Forbes |
| Date: | 31 July [1870] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.381) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7292 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Forbes, David …
- … To David Forbes 31 July [1870] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.381) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 July [1870] David Forbes …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from David Forbes, 30 July 1870 . …
- … See letter from David Forbes, 30 July 1870 and n. 1. In Expression , p. 318, CD cites …
To David Forbes 7 February [1869]
Summary
Asks for DF’s observations on the Aymara Indians for use in writing manuscript [see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 34–5].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Forbes |
| Date: | 7 Feb [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6606 |
Matches: 6 hits
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- … To David Forbes 7 February [1869] …
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Feb [1869] David Forbes …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from David Forbes, 30 January 1869 . …
- … See letter from David Forbes, 30 January 1869 . CD refers to Gustav Jenzsch and Jenzsch …
- … D. Forbes 1870 ). See letter from David Forbes, 30 January 1869 and n. 5. In his letter …
To David Forbes 11 December [1860]
Summary
Encourages Forbes to publish his geological observations on Chile.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Forbes |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 150 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3019F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Forbes, David …
- … To David Forbes 11 December [1860] …
- … DAR 185: 150 Charles Robert Darwin 11 Dec [1860] Down David Forbes …
- … Bibliography Forbes, David. 1860. On the geology of Bolivia and southern Peru. [Read 21 …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter from David Forbes, [November? 1860] , now redated [after …
- … has not been found. The letter from David Forbes, [November? 1860] ( Correspondence vol. …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter from David Forbes, [after 12 December 1860] [previously …
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 …
To David Forbes [20 March 1868]
Summary
Any notes on idea of human beauty by natives who have little association with Europeans would interest CD.
Also influence of females on males’ choice.
Sends copy of Queries about expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Forbes |
| Date: | [20 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | Pushkin House, St Petersburg: Literary Museum of the Institute of Russian Literature (Constantin Romanov, collection of O. A. Novikov: ПД 1975 ф.137 оп 1, no. 35) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6002 |
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
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- … 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 11 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 Dec 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 150 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2621 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Forbes, David Darwin, C. R. …
- … From David Forbes [after 11 December 1860] …
- … DAR 164: 150 David Forbes unstated [after 11 Dec 1860] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter to David Forbes, 11 December [1860] ( Correspondence …
- … 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 …
To David Forbes 18 November [1871]
Summary
Inquires about the effect of turf covering on the rate of disintegration of rock.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Forbes |
| Date: | 18 Nov [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8075 |
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 …
Forbes, David. 1870b. On volcanoes. Geological Magazine 7: 314–28, 537–9.
Forbes, David. 1869. The nature of the interior of the earth. Popular Science Review 8: 121–30.
Forbes, David. 1860. On the geology of Bolivia and southern Peru. [Read 21 November 1860.] Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 17 (1861): 7–62.
Forbes, David W. 1999–2003. Hawaiian national bibliography, 1780–1900. 4 vols. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press in association with Hordern House, Sydney.
Forbes, James David. 1853. Norway and its glaciers: visited in 1851. Edinburgh.
Forbes, David. 1870a. On the Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Peru. [Read 21 June 1870.] Journal of the Ethnological Society of London n.s. 2 (1869–70): 193–298.
Forbes, David W. 1991. A pictorial tour of Hawaii, 1850–1852: watercolours, paintings, & drawings by James Gay Sawkins: with an account of his life & travels. San Francisco: Book Club of California.
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