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DCP-LETT-1644

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 17 Mar 1855]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 210–13
Summary:

JDH criticises C. J. F. Bunbury’s paper on Madeira [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 1 (1857): 1–35].

Absence of Ophrys on Madeira suggests to JDH a sequence in creation of groups.

Why are flightless insects common in desert?

Australian endemism.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1648

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arthur Henfrey
Date:
17 Mar [1855]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Can AH give information about D. A. Godron, "De l’espèce et des races" [Mem. Soc. Sci. Lett. & Arts Nancy (1847): 182, 239–88]? CD unable to locate reference.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13487

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[William Henry Barton]
Date:
[17 March 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0720; Reel 1089
Summary:

Approves delegating E. L. J. Ridsdale to represent [WB] in 'attending the Pyx' during assay process. Does not approve of transferring Ridsdale before his probationary year as assayer is completed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13668

From:
William Henry Barton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 March 1855]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0048; Reel 1087
Summary:

New details of gold shipment to Australia aboard vessel Hannibal. Will order more copper from Hays & Son for use as gold alloy at Sydney branch mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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