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DCP-LETT-1205

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
22 Oct 1848
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 274)
Summary:

Thanks LA and sends thanks to A. A. Gould for specimens. Describes principal findings of his research on cirripedes. Is obliged for information Joseph Leidy gave about cirripede eyes. Describes anatomical features and chief aspects of growth. Describes discovery of parasitic males and a species parasitic upon other cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel39

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[22 October 1848]
Source of text:
RGO 6.370.67
Summary:

JH begs to differ with GA and Isaac Newton on the moon's motions [see GA's 1848-10-13]; warns GA against accepting J. H. Seyffert's work as accurate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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