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From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.104
Summary:

Has discovered William Herschel's memoirs in R.A.S. library; arranged and read them. Asks JH whether any copies exist so the originals can be checked for completion before binding. Questions JH on William Herschel's opinion of the nature of nebulae and boundaries of the galaxy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6657

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 83: 133–8, DAR 161: 282
Summary:

Differences in size and weight in deerhounds, with tables of comparative weights according to sex. Promises information on weights of deerhound puppies. Effects of cross- and inbreeding.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6655

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 103: 10–11
Summary:

Orchids translation should goad [French] Academy into electing CD.

JDH will be sent to St Petersburg congress by Government.

Huxley on protoplasm; his address to Geological Society.

Fertilised an Aucuba with pollen of various species. Reports on results.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6654

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 166: 317
Summary:

Nothing new in Lushington’s letter. Two paragraphs are offensive – that THH sought to stir up Scotch Presbyterian prejudices against Comte at Edinburgh and that he had not read Comte.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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