From:
Lydia Ernestine Becker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 160: 105, 116
Summary:
Praises Variation and Pangenesis.
Reports observations on parrots and cockatoos.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry W. Field
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0195; Reel 1087
Summary:
Asks JH to confirm that JH appointed Charles Sterry as HF's assistant assayer on 25 Apr. 1851 after Henry Bingley declined position. Original letter of appointment is lost, and HF is accused of falsifying records.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
13 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 94: 110–11
Summary:
Sends MS of 13 pages in answer to Nägeli, for new edition of Origin [5th ed., p. 151].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Maw
Date:
13 Jan 1869
Source of text:
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/14)
Summary:
Thanks GM for offer of observations. Would be interested to know when the horns of merino rams first appear,
and has long wished for living specimens of Drosophyllum.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[13 January 1869]
Source of text:
RGO 6.381.451
Summary:
Has received GA's paper on spectral lines and is amazed that it is possible to see a spectrum in the light from faint nebulae.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project