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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[December 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 219.1: 314
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
John Brodie Innes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 167: 34
Summary:
JBI on CD’s integrity and the separateness of science and religion.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
4 Dec [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 261.8: 27 (EH 88205965)
Summary:
Has observed, perhaps erroneously, that certain plants were excited to movement by a prolonged high note on the bassoon. Would now like to try a siren and asks JT to bring one from the Royal Institution.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 106: C22
Summary:
Will provide the siren.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Carl Gottfried Semper
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 202: 120
Summary:
Asks whether he may use CD’s letters in his work [Die natürlichen Existenzbedingungen der Thiere (1880)] in order to show that Moritz Wagner has misrepresented CD’s views.
Discusses the influence of isolation and external conditions on animals, and the relative importance of the direct effect of external conditions and of selection in bringing about change.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Carl Gottfried Semper
Date:
[after 6 Dec 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 120v
Summary:
Gives CGS permission to use his letters in any way he thinks fit.
Discusses the direct effect of external conditions as an agent of change in organisms; has encountered many cases since the publication of Origin.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Cayley, Arthur
To:
Darwin, G. H.
Date:
7 December 1878
Source of text:
DAR 251: 1907
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[c. 7 December 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 184
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Anthony Rich
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 210.12: 1
Summary:
Informs CD of his intention to bequeath his property to him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[9 December 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 235
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Anthony Rich
Date:
9 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 210.12: 3
Summary:
Is deeply gratified by AR’s proposed generosity.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[10 December 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 219.1: 119
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[10 December 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 185
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Anthony Rich
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 210.12: 4
Summary:
Gives CD details of the property he proposes to bequeath to him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Raphael Meldola
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 171: 133
Summary:
Is making progress with the Weismann translation.
Wonders whether Francis Darwin would give a botanical lecture at a Bayswater school.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
12 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 153: 10
Summary:
Informs EAD of Anthony Rich’s proposal to bequeath his property to CD.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
12 Dec [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 151
Summary:
Writes of Anthony Rich’s bequest.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Anthony Rich
Date:
12 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 210.12: 5
Summary:
Thanks AR for the details of his bequest and invites him to Down.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 178: 150
Summary:
Has examined this year’s crop, which looks good; will prepare a report.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Davis Cooper
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 202: 20
Summary:
Sends CD a proof of an illustration reduced on to the block by photography. The method is expensive but scientifically accurate.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
