Thomson, Charles Wyville. 1873d. Notes from the ‘Challenger’. Nature, 8 May 1873, pp. 28–30; 15 May 1873, pp. 51–3; 5 June 1873, pp. 109–10; 10 July 1873, pp. 246–9; 31 July 1873, pp. 266–7; 28 August 1873, pp. 347–9; 18 September 1873, pp. 400–3.
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- … Wyville. 1873d. Notes from the ‘Challenger’. Nature , 8 May 1873, pp. 28–30; 15 May 1873, …
- … September 1873, pp. 400–3. https://www-nature-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/articles/008028a0.pdf …
- … https://www-nature-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/articles/008051a0.pdf …
- … https://www-nature-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/articles/008109a0.pdf …
- … https://www-nature-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/articles/008246a0.pdf …
- … https://www-nature-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/articles/008266a0.pdf …
- … https://www-nature-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/articles/008347a0.pdf …
- … https://www-nature-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/articles/008400a0.pdf 30 …
- … Part one in Nature Part …
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To Nature 6 May [1876]
Summary
Reports seeing flowers of wild cherry bitten off in same manner as primroses [see 9418 and 9444]. In this case it was done by a squirrel, though birds also bite the flowers of the cherry-tree.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 6 May [1876] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 11 May 1876, p. 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10498 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 6 May [1876] …
- … Nature , 11 May 1876, p. …
- … 28 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 May [1876] Nature …
- … Cherry Blossoms In the last number of Nature (vol. xiv. , p. 10), Mr. Pryor states that …
- … is established by the publication of this letter in Nature , 11 May 1876. A letter on the …
- … by birds, written by Alfred Reginald Pryor , was published in Nature , 4 May 1876, p. 10. …
- … with respect to primrose flowers in Nature , 23 April 1874, p. 482, and 14 May 1874, pp. …
- … 5 ( Correspondence vol. 22, letters to Nature , 18 April [1874] and 7 and 11 May [1874]). …
To Nature 13 November [1869]
Summary
Comments on A. W. Bennett’s letter [Nature 1 (1869): 58] on fertilisation of winter-flowering plants. CD used net, not a bell-glass to cover Lamium.
Refers to F. Delpino’s observations on fertilisation of grasses; CD is glad to say these observations are compatible with "the very general law that distinct individual plants must be occasionally crossed".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 13 Nov [1869] |
| Classmark: | Nature 1 (1869): 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6987 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 13 November [1869] …
- … Nature 1 (1869): 85 Charles Robert …
- … Darwin Down 13 Nov [1869] Nature …
- … Comments on A. W. Bennett’s letter [ Nature 1 (1869): 58] on fertilisation of winter- …
- … On the fertilisation of winter-flowering plants. Nature 1: 11–13. Correspondence : The …
- … year is established by the publication date of the letter in Nature. See letter from A. …
- … W. Bennett to Nature , 8 November 1869; Alfred William Bennett’s letter …
- … was published in the 11 November 1869 issue of Nature. For an example of one of CD’s many …
- … mentioned the bell-glass in his letter to Nature , 8 November 1869. In both Bennett 1869 , …
- … and the letter from A. W. Bennett to Nature , 8 November 1869, Bennett only mentioned …
To Nature [before 27 March 1879]
Summary
In reply to a query [in Nature 19 (1879): 433] CD reports that vessels full of water were kept on the deck of a ship to discourage rats from gnawing holes in the ship’s water casks.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [before 27 Mar 1879] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 27 March 1879, p. 481 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8826 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature [before 27 March 1879] …
- … Nature , 27 March 1879, p. …
- … 481 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 27 Mar 1879] Nature …
- … In reply to a query [in Nature 19 (1879): 433] CD reports that vessels full of water were …
- … Rats and Water-Casks Mr. Nicols says, in Nature , vol. xix. p. 433:— “A ship’s carpenter …
- … The date is established by the date of the issue of Nature in which the letter appeared. …
- … Arthur Nicols had written to Nature about animal intelligence, as shown by rats …
- … gnawing through water pipes to get water ( Nature , 20 February 1879, p. 365); his second …
- … here by CD, was in response to objections ( Nature , 13 March 1879, p. 433). Nicols had …
To Nature 24 February [1877]
Summary
Darwin consents to his correspondence with Pieter Harting being published in Nature.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | 19th Century Shop (dealers) (July 2004) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9872F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 24 February [1877] …
- … 19th Century Shop (dealers) (July 2004) Charles Robert Darwin 24 Feb [1877] Down Nature …
- … Darwin consents to his correspondence with Pieter Harting being published in Nature . …
- … the reference to the correspondence published in Nature , 8 March 1877 (see n. 2, below). …
- … Joseph Norman Lockyer was the editor of Nature . The letter from A. A. van Bemmelen and …
- … of 12 February 1877 were published in Nature , 8 March 1877, pp. 410–11, with a covering …
- … think the correspondence worth inserting in Nature. But in this case I earnestly hope that …
To Nature 3 August [1872]
Summary
Replies to C. R. Bree’s letter of 27 July [Nature 6 (1872): 260] contending that CD was wrong about early pedigree of man.
Defends the statement of CD’s view in Wallace’s review [Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of Bree’s book [Exposition of fallacies … of Darwin (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 8 August 1872, p. 279 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8448 |
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- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 3 August [1872] …
- … Nature , 8 August 1872, p. …
- … 279 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1872] Nature …
- … Replies to C. R. Bree’s letter of 27 July [ Nature 6 (1872): 260] contending that CD was …
- … of CD’s view in Wallace’s review [ Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of Bree’s book [ Exposition of …
- … interpretation of Descent in a letter in Nature , 1 August 1872, p. 260. For CD’s views …
- … date of publication of this letter in Nature. Alfred Russel Wallace’s review of Charles …
- … of Mr. Darwin ( Bree 1872 ) appeared in Nature , 25 July 1872, pp. 237–9. According to …
To Nature [before 2 November 1876]
Summary
Summarises, with comments, two letters from Johann von Fischer [10598, 10600] on the display by monkeys of their brightly-coloured hindquarters, and the relation of this behaviour to sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [before 2 Nov 1876] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 2 November 1876, pp. 18–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10660 |
To Nature [before 24 July 1873]
Summary
Sends a letter from J. D. Hague confirming his earlier observation [see 8788] of frightened behaviour of ants when they come upon dead ants. CD had asked for confirmation because J. T. Moggridge had suggested that the ants’ behaviour was alarm at the scent of the observer’s fingers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [before 24 July 1873] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 24 July 1873, p. 244 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8985 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature [before 24 July 1873] …
- … Nature , 24 July 1873, p. …
- … 244 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 24 July 1873] Nature …
- … by the date of this letter’s publication in Nature . The extract from James Duncan …
- … Hague’s letter of 26 February 1873 was published in Nature , 10 April 1873, p. …
- … 444 (see second letter to Nature , [before 3 April 1873]). The letter from Moggridge has …
To Nature 9 April [1880]
Summary
Forwards a letter from E. S. Morse on Omori shell mounds refuting F. V. Dickins’ review [Nature 21 (1880): 350] of Morse’s memoir ["The shell mounds of Omori", Mem. Sci. Dep. Univ. Tokyo 1 (1879) pt 1].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 9 Apr [1880] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 15 April 1880, p. 561 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12571 |
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- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 9 April [1880] …
- … Nature , 15 April 1880, p. …
- … 561 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Apr [1880] Nature …
- … mounds refuting F. V. Dickins’ review [ Nature 21 (1880): 350] of Morse’s memoir ["The …
- … by the publication date of the letter in Nature . Edward Sylvester Morse had enclosed a …
- … s review of Morse 1879 was published in Nature , 12 February 1880, p. 350. The ‘s’ is …
To Nature 11 February [1874]
Summary
Prefaces Fritz Müller’s observations on termites and stingless bees [see 9281].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 19 February 1874, pp. 308–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9283 |
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- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 11 February [1874] …
- … Nature , 19 February 1874, pp. …
- … 308–9 Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb [1874] Nature …
- … date of publication of this letter in Nature. See letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January …
- … running series, ‘Fertilisation of flowers by insects’, in Nature ( H. Müller 1873–7 ). …
- … on the reciprocal adaptations of both. Nature , 3 July 1873, pp. 187–9; 10 July 1873, pp. …
To Nature [before 6 April 1882]
Summary
Reports observations of W. D. Crick [see 13705, 13715, and 13721] and Frank Norgate [see 13079]. They leave no doubt that living bivalves are often carried from pond to pond.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [before 6 Apr 1882] |
| Classmark: | Nature 25 (1882): 529–30; Collected Papers 2: 276 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13760 |
From W. T. Thiselton Dyer to Nature [23–30 April 1874]
Summary
Cancelled: third-party letter.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [23-30 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9424F |
From J. H. Gladstone to Nature [23–30 April 1874]
Summary
Cancel: third-party letter.
| Author: | John Hall Gladstone |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [23-30 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9425F |
From H. C. Key to Nature [23–30 April 1874]
Summary
Cancelled: third-party letter from H. C. Key.
| Author: | Henry Cooper Key |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [23-30 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9425G |
From G. M. Seabroke to Nature [23–30 April 1874]
Summary
Cancelled: third-party letter from G. M. Seabrook.
| Author: | George Mitchell Seabroke |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [23-30 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9425H |
To Nature 6 April [1874]
Summary
Comments on J. T. Moggridge’s article on the fertilisation of Fumaria capreolata [Nature 9 (1874): 423].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 16 April 1874, p. 460 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9393 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 6 April [1874] …
- … Nature , 16 April 1874, p. …
- … 460 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Apr [1874] Nature …
- … T. Moggridge’s article on the fertilisation of Fumaria capreolata [ Nature 9 (1874): 423]. …
- … established by the date of publication of this letter in Nature. John Traherne Moggridge’s …
- … of Fumaria capreolata appeared in Nature , 2 April 1874, p. 423. Moggridge’s letter was …
To Nature [before 20 March 1879]
Summary
Comments on a letter from Fritz Müller [11839] and particularly on the subject of the disappearance of certain structures in organisms. FM’s explanation deserves serious consideration.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [before 20 Mar 1879] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 20 March 1879, pp. 462–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11945 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature [before 20 March 1879] …
- … Nature , 20 March 1879, pp. …
- … 462–3 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 20 Mar 1879] Nature …
- … organs ( Correspondence vol. 21, letter to Nature , 20 September [1873] ). Joseph Delboeuf …
- … the date of publication of this letter in Nature . See also letter to J. N. Lockyer, 4 and …
- … of use and disuse of organs appeared in Nature , 9 April 1874, pp. 440–1, and 2 July 1874, …
- … Romanes 1874a and 1874b). CD had written to Nature discussing the rudimentary males of …
To Nature 1 July [1871]
Summary
Refers H. H. Howorth, the writer of "A new view of Darwinism" [Nature 4 (1871): 161–2], to Variation for a discussion of fertility and sterility of organisms in relation to increased food and other factors.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 1 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 6 July 1871, pp. 180–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7846 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 1 July [1871] …
- … Nature , 6 July 1871, pp. …
- … 180–1 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 July [1871] Nature …
- … the writer of "A new view of Darwinism" [ Nature 4 (1871): 161–2], to Variation for a …
- … year of publication of the letter in Nature , 6 July 1871. Henry Hoyle Howorth’s letter …
- … proportionate rate. ’ In his letter to Nature , Howorth had credited Thomas Doubleday with …
From T. R. Stebbing to Nature [23–30 April 1874]
Summary
Cancelled: third-party letter.
| Author: | Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [23-30 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9425I |
To Nature 18 April [1874]
Summary
CD has observed hundreds of primrose flowers cut off their stalks, and conjectures that this was done by birds to obtain the nectar. Asks readers of Nature in England and abroad whether primroses are subject to such destruction in their localities.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 18 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 23 April 1874, p. 482 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9418 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Nature …
- … To Nature 18 April [1874] …
- … Nature , 23 April 1874, p. …
- … 482 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Apr [1874] Nature …
- … the date of publication of this letter in Nature. Greenfinch: Chloris chloris . Probably …
- … birds to obtain the nectar. Asks readers of Nature in England and abroad whether primroses …
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The Darwin and Human Nature film series
Summary
We chose four films to cover a broad chronology from the early 19th to the early 20th century; and a range of themes, including teaching Darwinism, slavery and race, degeneration in Victorian society, the boundaries between normal and abnormal in the…
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- … surprising connections to Charles Darwin’s work on human nature, and that contained though-provoking …
Interview with Randal Keynes
Summary
Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box (Fourth Estate, 2001), which discusses Darwin’s home life, his relationship with his wife and children, and the ways in which these influenced his feelings about…
Matches: 12 hits
- … and the ways in which these influenced his feelings about nature and religion. …
- … we have the metaphysical notebooks, which are about human nature; we don't have notebooks on …
- … might have ideas that would be of value on species and human nature. He always felt there were many …
- … [For more on this correspondence, see our Design in Nature section.] I think the first …
- … so maybe if you could talk a bit more about that? Also, the nature of this painful void? …
- … of belief? I think you also suggested it was about the nature of belief itself and whether belief is …
- … uncaring creator; his view that the manifold suffering in nature is purposeless? Randal …
- … experience. 14. Darwin's opinion of human nature Dr White: …
- … because of this, he makes this a general feature of human nature, sympathy. There are sources for …
- … Randal Keynes: I think he thought very well of human nature. I think he thought we were basically …
- … That, I think, is the foundation of his belief in human nature and co-operation, and I think that he …
- … and I think, yes, at heart, he had faith in human nature. Dr White: That's a good …
Interview with John Hedley Brooke
Summary
John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1991). He has had a long career in the history of science and…
Matches: 15 hits
- … what the real entities are in the universe. Is the world of nature simply a collection of material …
- … we have aesthetic appreciation: we can appreciate beauty in nature, we have mathematical skills, we …
- … if you suggested there were other agencies at work in nature. So I do see a certain parallel there. …
- … that the affirmation of some kind of intelligence behind nature once was constitutive of scientific …
- … whether it has had a very interesting history, both through nature and through human interactions …
- … it were, a progressively more refined understanding of the nature of God. And that process of …
- … first primordial forms, or indeed in setting up the laws of nature so that human beings would …
- … a flea, or something of that kind. This participation in nature was certainly emphasised by many …
- … was supposed to be intimately involved in the affairs of nature. So you have the very …
- … reverence for you, whom I look upon as the High priest of nature. But the Church would condemn me to …
- … in which there had originally been a theological response to nature, then a more metaphysical …
- … were certainly able to do. Those kinds of responses to nature need not be obliterated by scientific …
- … enable us to get into a more serious discussion about: how nature should be interpreted; how we gain …
- … certainly still meant knowledge, or provisional knowledge of nature. Or probable knowledge of …
- … some kind of divine initiative in interactions with nature. There’s even evidence that Newton …
Mary Treat
Summary
Mary Treat was a naturalist from New Jersey who made significant contributions to the fields of entomolgy and botany. Over the period 1871–1876, she exchanged fifteen letters with Darwin - more than any other woman naturalist.
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- … Mary Treat was a naturalist from New Jersey who made significant contributions to the fields of …
Language: Interview with Gregory Radick
Summary
Darwin made a famous comment about parallels between changes in language and species change. Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Leeds University, talks about the importance of the development of language to Darwin, what…
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- … Click on the audio players below each question to hear the answers from the …
Interview with Tim Lewens
Summary
Dr Tim Lewens is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Organisms and artifacts (2004), which examines the language and arguments for design in biology and philosophy, and of…
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- … in modern science, the arguments for intelligent design in nature, the implications of evolution for …
- … conversations that he had with his correspondents about the nature of religious belief and the moral …
- … of plant species and animal species but issues about the nature of morality, issues about God, …
- … the very fact that there are disputes over what the real nature of Darwinism is, and the fact that …
Interview with Simon Conway Morris
Summary
Simon Conway Morris is professor of evolutionary paleobiology at the University of Cambridge and the author of books on early evolution (The Crucible of Creation, 1998) and evolutionary convergence (Life’s Solution, 2003). He discusses a wide range of…
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- … a wide range of issues, from the evidence of design in nature, to the status of Darwinism in modern …
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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- … complexity was dominated by the spirit of God: God acted in nature through these natural processes. …
- … political radicalism and create a new, atheistic view of nature. They are extremely surprised, by …
- … of people in different parts of the world claiming that nature has capabilities of spontaneous self …
- … History Museum are the only ones entitled to speak about nature because we have the collections. And …
