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From:
John Beddoe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Aug 1869
Source of text:
DAR 85: A21–3
Summary:

Encloses results of several more years of observation on conjugal selection and hair coloration.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Romney Robinson
Date:
[21 August 1869]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/TR65 (C: RS:HS 24.278 & RS Sa.676)
Summary:

Thanks for notice on first performance of Melbourne telescope and its contributions to knowledge about nature and role of nebulae. Comments on relationship of nebula and apparently associated stars. Looks forward to report on Magellanic Clouds.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project