From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Croll
Date:
24 Feb [1869]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.271)
Summary:
Thanks JC for his proofs of article on the movement of glaciers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Thanks JC for his proofs of article on the movement of glaciers.
Discusses method for shipping Drosophyllum specimens.
Asks about inheritance in tailless dogs;
the growth of horns in merino sheep.
References to works on probability;
statistics on proportion of sexes in births in England and Wales.
Package of letters has arrived safely via the Globe Parcel Express Co., for which accept his best thanks. Would like a page or two of JH's recollections of W. R. Hamilton if possible. Has sent a pamphlet on William Wordsworth and the Lake Country.