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DCP-LETT-1848

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell
Date:
3 Apr [1856]
Source of text:
Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Mantell papers, MS-Papers-0083-268)
Summary:

Reminds WBDM of his promise of information about the quartz boulders and an iceberg with fragment of rock seen in southern ocean.

Sends other questions [on separate sheet (missing)] which WBDM will think ridiculous, but all bear on plants and animals under domestication.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1849

From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 Apr 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 98: A140–A143
Summary:

Reports observations on Indian pigeons from David Scott at Hansi. EB adds remarks on Indian breeds he has encountered. Suggests Egypt, Turkey, and Syria would be good places from which to obtain specimens. Believes domestic races are all descended from Columba livia; their calls are all similar and they pair indiscriminately.

Guinea-fowl.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel7979

From:
Alexander Wight, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.246
Summary:

Sends small lens. Its components neither parallel nor concentric; contains water. Suggests new polishing method. Estimates 4-foot lens would cost £7-£8. [JH Note: Tested and returned lens. Noted advantages and deficiencies and suggests improvements. Listed others who built similar lenses.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1207

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Grey
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
1856 [2065], Parliamentary Papers
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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FVM-M56-04-03

From:
Redmond Barry
To:
Charles Pasley
Date:
3 April 1856
Source of text:
Letterbook of the Council 1854-71, University of Melbourne Archives, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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