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DCP-LETT-4814

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
17 Apr [1865]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 265
Summary:

On Lubbock’s plans.

Visited by Antoine Auguste Laugel.

Guessed right on Bentham’s "Planchon".

Much struck by Thomson’s article on nomenclature [see 4812]; importance of this subject.

Sorry best scientists read so little; few read any long papers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-65-04-17

From:
Johan Forchhammer
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
17 April 1865
Source of text:
Forchhammer Brev.-Copi-Bog no. 4 (1859-65), Geologisk Museum, Copenhagen
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel11889

From:
John F. McLennan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.251
Summary:

Thanks for his kind reception on Saturday. Will communicate with Miss Elizabeth Drummond. Gives list of letters he borrowed from JH. Intends to try to meet William Yolland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8764

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Editor of the Reader
Date:
[17 April 1865]
Source of text:
Sydney Ross Collection
Summary:

Appreciates invitation to publish some writings by JH in The Reader, but does not at present have suitable manuscripts. Is no longer active in astronomical observation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4815

From:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
To:
John Murray; Robert Francis Cooke
Date:
17 Apr 1865
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 136–138)
Summary:

CD has asked him to supervise drawings of pigeons and fowls [for Variation]. Sends estimates for drawings and engravings by artists who do such work for the Field.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP4007

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
[17] April 1865
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/71
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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