From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Smith of Jordanhill
Date:
4 July [1851]
Source of text:
Glasgow City Archives (396/TD1)
Summary:
Discusses the Jura blocks.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Scott Bowerbank; Palaeontographical Society
Date:
7 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.99)
Summary:
Asks to borrow woodcut from Palaeontographical Society for use in Living Cirripedia, vol. 1.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III
Date:
[after 12 July 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.10: 16
Summary:
Inquires about the nature of some money recently paid to him.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
17 July [1851]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 2)
Summary:
Thanks for report [on echinoderms, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 8 (1851): 1–19]. Wanted to learn about metamorphosis of the class. Agrees with THH’s distinction between individuals and zooids, but thinks zooids will never cease to be called individuals.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
19 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Finds he needs four woodcuts for the introduction [to vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia], which calls for quick action. Will send entire MS by the end of the month.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
22 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Will bring MS [of vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] on the last day of July, and proofs of the eight plates now engraved will be sent soon. CD has failed to get materials for the one coloured plate he wanted, so none will be in colour. There will be ten altogether. He will ask later whether he must pay for the extra one. G. B. Sowerby Jr comes next day to complete drawings for two not yet engraved.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Newport
Date:
24 July [1851]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Asks to borrow an old pair of GN’s dissecting scissors so that Weiss & Co. can use it as a model.
Health has been poor.
Has finished MS on pedunculated cirripedes for Ray Society [Living Cirripedia, vol. 1 (1851)].
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
26 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Asks EL whether he should use both Latin and English descriptions of specific characters [in vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
30 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Sends completed MS [vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] with instructions for the printers; reviews number of plates and woodcuts, and offers to pay for extras and for excess corrections, if they occur. Hopes the Council [of the Ray Society] will print his second volume at the end of the ensuing year.
Contributor:
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