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DCP-LETT-4946

From:
William Pollard Pattison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Dec 1865
Source of text:
DAR 174: 29
Summary:

An actuary wants to know whether the probability that a woman of English–Indian parentage will have a child after age 35 is the same as for a European woman.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel5746

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward William Brayley
Date:
[4 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.131
Summary:

Questions EB's use of terms 'ponderable' and 'imponderable' matter in EB's almanac.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7327

From:
Francis R. Drew
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.503
Summary:

Outlining the state of his own perception in regard to colors and harmony. Where can he find JH's published views on heat?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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