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From:
Darwin, Elizabeth
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
3 April 1870
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 22
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
No summary available.
Reports on his studies of stellar and nebular distributions, discussing especially whether the Magellanic Clouds show a relation to the Milky Way stars. Speculates on whether recent studies on meteors bear on stellar formation and change. Stresses need for statistical studies in stellar astronomy.