From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hubert Airy
Date:
9 June [1872?]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.408)
Summary:
Agrees to read paper; warns he lacks mathematical knowledge.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Agrees to read paper; warns he lacks mathematical knowledge.
CD’s son Leonard of the Royal Engineers has applied to Sir George Biddell Airy to be an observer on the Venus Expedition. Leonard failed to mention his qualifications, which CD now relates with the request that HA draw them to his father’s attention.