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DCP-LETT-3598F

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[12 June 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 251
Summary:

Leonard Darwin has scarlet fever so GHD has said he should be sent home and has asked E. A. Williams to call at Down.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3671

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 5 Aug 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 90.1
Summary:

Describes insects caught while visiting Lythrum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3887

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 11 May 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 51: 6–7
Summary:

Notes, calculations, and diagrams on phyllotaxy.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-4209

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9–15 June 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 1
Summary:

Discusses some angles [relating to phyllotaxy].

The forthcoming school holidays.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-4453F

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 6 Apr 1864?]
Source of text:
DAR 157.2: 100
Summary:

Calculates the relationship between grains and milligrams; asks his mother for a fruit tart and twelve napkins.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5561

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 June 1867]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 2
Summary:

Has asked a classics scholar about a word for Pangenesis. He suggests "atomogenesis".

Is getting in rather a fright about the coming exams.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6047

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27] Mar [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 3
Summary:

Discusses law versus engineering and business as a career.

Supposes ARW will have "squashed" GHD’s criticisms of his notes on sterility.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6495

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Dec 1868
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 5
Summary:

Sends news of his and Frank’s doings at Cambridge.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6604

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Feb 1869
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 6
Summary:

Has inquired about magnetic storms. Any effect that could be produced by the sun’s energy in retarding the cooling of the earth would be utterly insignificant.

Tells of his visit to Eton.

Is uncertain about next steps to take for a legal career.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6614

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Feb 1869
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 7
Summary:

Explains the point about gravitation and heat that CD does not understand in J. Croll’s letter [6218?].

Cambridge news.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6636

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[23 Feb 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 8
Summary:

Encloses a letter [from J. Croll?].

Has been unable to find a paper CD wanted.

Is leaving shortly for Paris.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6963

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[18 Oct 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 10
Summary:

Asks for some money for his fees.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7158

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[2 Dec 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 17
Summary:

Discusses some calculations which he is doing for CD on the ratios of red and brown colouring in some animals.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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