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DCP-LETT-1872

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Ambrose Oldfield
Date:
10 May [1856]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.128)
Summary:

Asks HAO about breeds of Tibetan dogs and other domesticated animals.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3140

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
10 May 1856
Source of text:
RI MS JT TS Volume 12, p. 4140
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3141

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Barlow
Date:
10 May 1856
Source of text:
RI MS F1 D29
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3142

From:
Sarah Faraday and Faraday
To:
Harriet Jane Moore
Date:
10 May 1856
Source of text:
LU
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Tyndall1224

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
10th . May. 1856.
Source of text:
MS JT/12/4140; 5:3140, RI; Faraday Correspondence
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1225

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
May 10th 1856
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/448, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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WCP364

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Walter Bates
Date:
[30 Apr. 1856 & 10 May 1856]
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/39
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM Catkey-418359
Summary:

Long wait for and final arrival of a ship to Macassar; arrival of Bates' letters from Ega (now Teffé) Brazil, and copy of Zoologist; geographical distribution of insect species in the islands of the Malay archipelago; relative scarcity of Lepidoptera; comparative numbers and types of insect species in Malay archipelago and Brazil; details of insects collected, including new butterfly Ornithoptera Brookeana (Wallace), Rhyncophorae, Carabidae, Anthribidae, Bupestridae, Cleridae, Longicornes and many others, total number of insect species collected estimated at 6,000, specimens over 30,000; desire to collect all world Longicornes for study; importance of recording location of capture of specimens; separation of collections from different localities; desire for future comparison of data and exchange of specimens with Bates; Orang Utans; comparison of types of forest plants, people and customs in Amazon and Malay archipelago; scarcity of edible fruit in the East; delicious Durian; Madame Pfeiffer's insect collection; regards to Spruce.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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