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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Spencer Cobbold
Date:
9 Aug [1869]
Source of text:
Cobbold 1885, p. 174
Summary:

Offers TSC specimens of parasitic worms collected by CD in S. America.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Achille Quadri
Date:
9 Aug 1869
Source of text:
Anon. 1896
Summary:

Thanks for two copies of Teoria Darwiniana, one of which has been sent to the Royal Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Anthony Proctor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.113
Summary:

Elaborates on his hypothesis that all forms of nebulae are part of the Milky Way and on his 'twisted-stream theory' of the Milky Way's structure. Favors view that dark matter is relatively common in space and that it extinguishes light from distant objects. Proposes method of measuring stellar diameters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project