From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 32
Summary:
Feels deeply for them at their "impossible loss" [of Anne].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Feels deeply for them at their "impossible loss" [of Anne].
Acknowledges the receipt of some securities.
Calculations relating to bees’ cells.
Gives calculations on the structure of bees’ cells.
Encloses projections and models relating to geometry of bees’ cells.
Sends a model of bee cells "as bad as a Chinese puzzle". [A series of paper cut-out figures.]
Discusses geometry related to the structure of bees’ cells. Encloses notes and diagrams dealing with intersections of spheres.
Writes of "the Dr’s" [Henry Holland’s] mixed reactions to the book.
Adds a personal opinion, "it is the most interesting book I ever read".
Wonders whether CD would be interested in a book by Dr Bucknell [J. C. Bucknill?] on psychology.