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DCP-LETT-2214

From:
William Balfour Baikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Feb 1858
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 260
Summary:

Describes some species of fauna peculiar to Fernando Po. The ocean currents make it unlikely that animals have been floated to the little islands [off the west coast of Africa].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2215

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
11 [Feb 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 22
Summary:

Writes of domestic matters

and asks WED to observe cart-horses for traces of dark stripes on spine and cross-stripes on shoulder.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel11568

From:
David Livingstone
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.486
Summary:

Regrets he will be unable to visit JH. Had a great desire to see him after the success of JH's suggestions for his last expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2216

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Feb 1858
Source of text:
DAR 181: 23
Summary:

GRW’s observations of and ideas on bees’ and wasps’ cells.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2209

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[17 Feb 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 222
Summary:

General success of survey makes CD very concerned about sources of error. Wants to meet JDH for an important talk about big genera. Arranges meeting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1492

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Henry Clifton Sorby
Date:
17th Feb. 1858
Source of text:
SLPS/51/107-17 Feb 1858, Sheffield Archives
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1491

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/9/2887; HP 8:33, RI; IC
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel9600

From:
Thomas I. M. Forster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.341
Summary:

Would like a copy of his 'Peep into Other Worlds' as he has written a similar pamphlet. Has a pamphlet for JH about the philosophy of playthings and future life. Has been trying to obtain J. P. Espy's work on circular storms without success; does he know of a copy?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1493

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
Friday, 19 Feb 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/12/4077-81; 5:3397, RI; Faraday Correspondence
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1494

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Unidentified
Date:
19th Feb. 1858
Source of text:
, Royal College of Physicians
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1495

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
20th. Feb. 1858
Source of text:
RR/3/197 Tyndall 20 February 1858, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1496

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
20 Feb 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/12/4145-6; 5:3398, RI; Faraday Correspondence
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-2217

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
21 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 279)
Summary:

Thanks LA for presentation copy of Contributions [to the natural history of the United States of America, vol. 1, pt 1: Essay on classification, and vol. 1, pt 2: North American Testudinata (1857)]. Flattered; CD sees there is much of highest interest to him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2218

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
21 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (21)
Summary:

Asks whether botanists tend to record varieties more carefully in large genera or small genera.

Wants information on the ranges of varieties of a species compared to the range of the species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2220

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Cardale Babington
Date:
22 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add.8182: 20)
Summary:

CD and J. D. Hooker have differed on the following question and agreed to ask several botanists: would a good botanist describing a local flora record varieties as readily in large as in small genera?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2221

From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Feb 1858
Source of text:
DAR 160: 202
Summary:

Gives some observations on birds; has forwarded a box of specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel4427

From:
David Rawson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1858]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (107)
Summary:

Has read JH's article 'with great pleasure.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2219

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
22 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 111)
Summary:

Thanks for Hewitson [British oology].

Has found more variability in birds’ nests than he expected.

Interested in WDF’s note about turkey terrified by a frog [see Natural selection, p. 488 n.].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1497

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 Feb 1858
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/12/4082-3; 5:3399, RI; Faraday Correspondence
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel10828

From:
Joseph Henry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.180
Summary:

Is grateful for the encouragement he has given L. W. Me[e]ch. This Institution is endeavoring to collect information on the climate of North America and he is entering the field of meteorology for the first time. Sends some papers and would be glad of his comments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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