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DCP-LETT-2564

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hallowes Miller
Date:
1 Dec [1860]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 367
Summary:

Must prepare new edition of Origin.

Discusses structure of beehives. Mentions writings of Chauncey Wright on bees’ cells ["Remarks on the architecture of bees", Proc. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. 4 (1857–60): 432–3].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2627

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Dec? 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 45: 1
Summary:

Gives an extract from L. von Buch on the flora of the Canaries [Physikalische Beschreibung der Canarische Inseln (1825)].

Natural selection does not explain why animals of different groups in the same place often resemble each other.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3915

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Timmins Chance
Date:
1 December 1860
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/4/31
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3916

From:
James Timmins Chance
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 December 1860
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/5, f.148-9
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12375

From:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.232
Summary:

Many thanks for JH's article on the telescope; will read it with much interest. Has employed an assistant to prepare drawings of the nebula. The six-foot reflector requires repolishing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6836

From:
Warren de La Rue
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.146
Summary:

Please accept his thanks for his article on telescopes. Comments on JH's views. Would like 50 copies of the article to distribute to opticians.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-60-12-01

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Richard Heales
Date:
1 December 1860
Source of text:
Q60/10872, unit 748, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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WCP4079

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[Charles Robert] [Darwin]
Date:
[December?] [1860]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 45: 1b
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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