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DCP-LETT-1787

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[before 1 Dec 1855]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 48, 1 December 1855, p. 789
Summary:

Corrects a misprint in his letter [1783].

Adds that his experiments show that one cannot infer from the vitality of seeds under dry conditions that they will be preserved in different conditions. Cites the poor ability of Leguminosae to withstand immersion.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1812

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[Dec 1855]
Source of text:
DAR 206: 34–5
Summary:

Requests skins of domestic breeds or races of poultry, pigeons, rabbits, cats, and dogs from any unfrequented region. [Attached is a list of people to whom CD has written for pigeon and poultry skins.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP4758

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
[unknown person]
Date:
[December] [1855]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 206: 34-35
Summary:

Darwin requests skins of various animals from any region that has not been visited frequently.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Faraday3056

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Third Earl of Rosse
Date:
1 December 1855
Source of text:
The Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation MS J14
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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HENSLOW-421

From:
Charles Roach Smith
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 December 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 323
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1788

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
[2 Dec 1855]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Raises queries resulting from their meeting. "All fish come to my net in regard to variation."

Is acquiring pigeons and poultry and would be particularly grateful for any of the rarer breeds that WBT could supply.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1161

From:
Carlo Matteucci
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
3 dec,1855
Source of text:
MS JT/1/M/58, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1789

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Campbell Eyton
Date:
3 Dec [1855]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.116)
Summary:

Now has several pigeons, and intends to get pigeons from all parts of the world.

Glad TCE is working at dogs. Would TCE like head of Chinese dog?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-422

From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
3 December 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 181
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday3057

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
4 December 1855
Source of text:
BM CA
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1790

From:
William Henry Benson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Dec 1855
Source of text:
DAR 160: 150
Summary:

Observations on shells in India, listing some specimens with particular regard to their locality, elevation, and relationship to other known types.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel7038

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[5 December 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.162
Summary:

On AD's note on Richard Sheepshanks's writing on the standard yard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9029

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Peter Brougham
Date:
[5 December 1855]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Brougham
Summary:

Expresses thanks and praise for HB's Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia [London, 1855].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1544

From:
James Dwight Dana
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 6 Dec 1855]
Source of text:
DAR (CD library – Dana, J. D. 1853)
Summary:

Responds to CD’s criticism of his use of word "Kingdom" in discussing geographical distribution of Crustacea.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7039

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 December 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.277
Summary:

JH's handwriting is improving, which shows he is on the mend. Does not propose to show the failure of the scale. Quotes an error in his Latin.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1162

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
6th Decr 1855
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/944, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday3058

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
6 December 1855
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1791

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
6 Dec [1855]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Variation in cats.

Is comparing skeletons of poultry.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7040

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 December 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.278
Summary:

Submitting a vote for JH's comment. Quotes various points of Latin grammar.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4354

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Henry Benson
Date:
7 Dec [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 89
Summary:

Discusses distribution of shells.

"Dr Gully did me much good." Hopes WHB profited by water cure.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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