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DCP-LETT-3363

From:
Heinrich Georg Bronn
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 11 Mar 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 160.3: 319
Summary:

Asks if CD will have corrections for 2d German ed. of Origin.

CD’s theory only natural way to explain creation but contradicts current knowledge about origin of life from inorganic matter.

Has read Primula paper [Collected papers 2: 45–63] with interest.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-3470

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Heinrich Georg Bronn
Date:
11 Mar [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 153
Summary:

Pleased that new German edition of Origin is wanted. Wishes to make corrections.

Suggests German translation of Orchids.

Comments on HGB’s book [Untersuchungen (1858)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10956

From:
Henry Anthony Jeffreys
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.300
Summary:

Board of Guardians have invited the Parish to consider the proposed new Assessment Bill. Sends a copy and would like JH's comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9628

From:
Henry P. Finlayson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.368
Summary:

Sending two very singular empirical laws relating to the solar system and inviting JH's comments on them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9629

From:
Henry P. Finlayson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.216
Summary:

A theory of the construction of the solar system [see also HF's other letter of 1862-3-11].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1866

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Juliet Pollock
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1539, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel725

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1862]
Source of text:
JHS 1.120
Summary:

Is giving advice about AH's application for a position at the University of Glasgow, and indicating what kind of help JH can provide.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1888

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[11 March 1862]
Source of text:
WT 45498.44
Summary:

Asks what AD knows about the Andersonian Institution in Glasgow, which JH's son Alexander is considering as a place of employment. JH then deals with a problem in probability theory, and concludes the letter with a riddle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-13877F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
11 Mar [1862-9]
Source of text:
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums
Summary:

Gives permission to insert in his magazine anything from CD’s works.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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