From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[23 Nov 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 251
Summary:
CD declines to write Lyell éloge [for Copley Medal] because of his ill health.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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CD declines to write Lyell éloge [for Copley Medal] because of his ill health.
Refers to CD’s article "Fertilisation of papilionaceous flowers" in Gardeners’ Chronicle [Collected papers 2: 19–25] and asks how forced beans flower in winter when no insect is on the wing.
Urges renewal of high balloon ascents with periodic observations both to further knowledge of law of decrement of temperature and pressure and for 'ulterior investigations.'
Giving reply for GA to send to Toronto. Is grieved to hear of Edward Sabine's illness.
Has not read article on binocular vision. Gives his views on this subject. Sends a copy of a paper he read at Leeds on visual impressions.
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