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DCP-LETT-3256

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
17 Sept [1861]
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (72)
Summary:

U. S. politics and relations with England.

Wants examples of dimorphism similar to Primula.

Structure and function of Spiranthes flower.

Observations and experiments on Drosera.

CD’s views on design.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8160

From:
Alfred P. Wire
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 September 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.428
Summary:

Compares JH's 'stereoscopic phenakistiscope' (in 'Instantaneous Photography,' 1860) with AW's invention called 'Thaumatrope.' Suggests how to make moving pictures. 'Government Certificated [School] Masters' in England, Ireland, and Scotland should be enlisted to make meteorology observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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