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FVM-69-05-06

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Frederick Standish
Date:
6 May 1869
Source of text:
Bundle 4, unit 7, VPRS 1199 Chief Commissioner's inward correspondence, VA 724 Victoria Police, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel4926

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.313
Summary:

Is sending his lectures on magnetism he gave at Cambridge.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13361

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William James Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0564; Reel 1053
Summary:

Glad that Emma's jaundice is over. Criticises metric system of measure. Encloses JH's response to Mr. Yates's letter in the Times on Geometrical British System. Upset by present resistance to anything English. This is what 'lost us...Neptune.' Would like to see Arabic translation of Outlines Astr. Relieved that 'shabby' French translation by [L. M. J.] Chevigné was stopped. Failure of gold standard in India. French and English coins. Suggestions on WJH's effort to introduce oaths into Indian justice system. Popularity of velocipedes [bicycles]. Family news.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6519F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 8 May 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 12
Summary:

Reports what he must pay for university courses. Forgets what CD wants to know about vermiform appendage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6731

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[before 7 May 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 133
Summary:

Asks whether in Slavonic races the hair of the beard and head are different colours.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6734

From:
George Bentham
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 160: 162
Summary:

The Linnean Society Council wants CD to review two papers, with reference to their value for publication.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6732

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 166: 319
Summary:

H. M. S. Nassau, surveying Magellan Straits, has found fossils at Gallegos River. They have been sent to THH by R. O. Cunningham [naturalist of H. M. S. Nassau]. Skull of entirely new ungulate mammal.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP4314

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Kingsley
Date:
7 May 1869
Source of text:
Knox College: "The Story of Nineteenth Century Science" scrapbook by Henry Smith Williams, 3 vols, MR Seymour/Bookfellow Collection, Vol. 3, pp. 64-69
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6733

From:
Harrison William Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 181: 71
Summary:

Daisies.

A tame rabbit with a litter of 18.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6736A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Spiridion Brusina
Date:
8 May [1869]
Source of text:
Archives of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (XV-48/AI 340)
Summary:

Sends photograph of Sir C. Lyell and Professor Owen, generally considered our most distinguished [British] naturalists. Includes the requested photograph of himself [see 6720].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6736F

From:
David Taylor Fish
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
8 May 1869
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (1869): 501
Summary:

Discusses CD’s paper ‘Formation of mould’ and CD’s views on earthworms.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6736

From:
Asa Gray; Jane Loring Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 and 9 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 165: 167—8
Summary:

Sorry to hear of CD’s accident.

Recounts his travels.

Jane Gray writes a description of the Arabs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6735

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
8 May [1869]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 268)
Summary:

Thanks for [D. D. Cunningham’s] letter. Had hoped for a better haul but delighted to hear of the curious fossil.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel159

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[8 May 1869]
Source of text:
RGO 6.695.494 (drafts RS:HS 1.314 & 24.256)
Summary:

Has read the syllabus of GA's lectures on magnetism; it reminds JH of his attempt to solve the problem of 'Mahomet's coffin', which JH still believes would work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7216

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.404
Summary:

Has not heard from him for a long time. He himself has been suffering with debility. Has done no maths. Is moving at midsummer to a new house at Merton Road.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6739

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 164: 52
Summary:

Thanks CD for lesson that it is wrong to call any plant which lives and thrives "degraded".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6738

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
9 May [1869]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (1869): 530
Summary:

In response to a query from a Mr D. T. Fish, CD reaffirms his view of the efficiency of worms in bringing up in their intestines fine soil from below the surface. Reports on observations, during the past 25 years, which confirm his views.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7930

From:
Thomas Webster
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.133
Summary:

Recommends artisan to restore portrait of William Herschel. [Henry] Hardcastle and wife [Maria Sophia Herschel] visited TW's lodgings, lately occupied by [Thomas] Wade and wife [Amelia Herschel].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6722

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hellier Baily
Date:
[10 May 1869]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Referee report on paper by Richard Spruce on sacs in Melastoma [see 6690]. CD says RS’s suggestions that sacs are inherited is not supported and should be deleted.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6740

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hellier Baily
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (SP.57)
Summary:

Recommends publication of Mrs Barber’s paper on a rare case of fertilisation of a plant by one kind of insect alone, with access of others prevented by a mechanical obstacle [Mary Elizabeth Barber, "On the fertilisation and dissemination of Duvernoia adhatodoides", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 11 (1869): 469–72].

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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