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DCP-LETT-8993

From:
Frank Chance
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 July – 7 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 53.1: 2–5
Summary:

Gives some observations on ponies’ becoming white in winter;

on skin pigmentation and the effects of heat;

on the bristling of the hair in man.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-000975

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
4 July 1873
Source of text:
MM/15/67, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

JHC364

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
16 July 1873
Source of text:
JDH/2/16 f.12, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH reports that he & [Thomas Henry] Huxley are enjoying their time in France. He asks Thiselton-Dyer how his class is going [Thiselton-Dyer took over Huxley's summer course in elementary biology in 1873 as Huxley was away for his health]. JDH & Huxley have been studying a volcanic phenomenon [volcanic plug] & subsequent glacial action. JDH finds the scenery beautiful. Although the flora is diverse he is not collecting plants. Asks Thiselton-Dyer to tell Daniel Oliver he prefers Le Puy to Nuremberg & to pass on any messages from Oliver or [John] Smith.

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Hooker Project
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