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DCP-LETT-1645

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
8 Mar [1855]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 25)
Summary:

Thanks THH for corroborating his observations. Discusses metamorphosis of ovaria to cement organs. Ovaries, germinal vesicles, and anatomy of cirripedes. Difficulties of classification, and observation.

THH’s article on Mollusca [Charles Knight, ed., English cyclopædia: a new dictionary of universal knowledge (1854–70) 3: 855–74].

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1659

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
31 Mar [1855]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 29)
Summary:

Thinks J. O. Westwood deserves Royal Society’s Gold Medal. Asks THH’s opinion of his nomination. Lyell deserves Copley Medal, but, since he has Royal Medal, it may be objectionable to propose him.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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