From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
18 January 1864
Source of text:
MM/14/187, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Mary Hardcastle; Mary Boott
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Jan 1864
Source of text:
DAR 160: 255
Summary:
On his deathbed her husband [Francis] expressed admiration for CD.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Lambert-Adolphe-Jacques Quetelet
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
18 January 1864
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Robert Goodwin Mumbray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Jan 1864
Source of text:
DAR 171: 318–318/1
Summary:
Has verified J. M. Bechstein’s contention that species of finches hybridise.
Quotes Thomas Bewick’s observations on hybrids between pheasants and common fowl. RGM had often noticed so-called "pheasant fowl", but thought it was a foreign bird.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Parker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Jan 1864
Source of text:
DAR 174: 17
Summary:
Collecting subscriptions for a school at Ford.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1864]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 13/2.2; Reel 10
Summary:
Formulas for determining rotation rates of sunspots relative to latitude on solar surface. Believes equatorial parts of photosphere are dragged faster than others. Speculates on rotation rate of solid body below (if such exists).
Contributor:
John Herschel Project