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DCP-LETT-2408

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
[6 Feb 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 26 (EH 88206475)
Summary:

JL’s brother’s accident.

Thinks JL should tackle systematics of anomalous insects from studies of internal organs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6303

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
M. Felix Billet
Date:
[6 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.64 & 23.255
Summary:

Thanks for his book on optics. Comments on various points.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday3560

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
7 February 1859
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/2/78
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3561

From:
Nassau William Senior
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 February 1859
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I118
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3562

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
7 February 1859
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/3/93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3563

From:
Emilie Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 February 1859
Source of text:
UB MS NS 445
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-2409

From:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Feb 1859
Source of text:
DAR 48: A67
Summary:

Is sorry to hear of bad health of CD and his daughter.

Discusses, with an example, the difficulty of explaining structural differences between closely allied species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2410

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Phillips
Date:
8 Feb [1859]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections (John Phillips collection))
Summary:

His doctor urges CD most strongly not to expose himself to the excitement and fatigue of receiving the [Wollaston] Medal. He will ask Lyell to receive it on his behalf.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2411

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
9 Feb [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 27 (EH 88206476)
Summary:

CD sees JL’s cases of same organs varying greatly in allied forms as a serious difficulty in regard to his own ideas.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-59-02-10a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
10 February 1859
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium Archives, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel7103

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.324
Summary:

Sends a riddle. Has added a stanza. Does not credit the story of [T. C.?] Jansen's children. Comments on Roger Bacon's telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-519

From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
11 February 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 80
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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FVM-59-02-11a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
11 February 1859
Source of text:
K59/1225, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-59-02-11

From:
John Moore
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
11 February 1859
Source of text:
No. 419, unit 4, p. 79, VPRS 1187 outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Faraday3564

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Emilie Schoenbein
Date:
11 February 1859
Source of text:
UB MS NS VII D
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday3565

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
11 February 1859
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/3/93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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FVM-59-02-12

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Moore
Date:
12 February 1859
Source of text:
K59/1210, unit 746, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-2412

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[12 Feb 1859]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 106)
Summary:

Undergoing hydropathic treatment for his old ailment.

The "Abstract" [Origin] is the cause. Only two chapters to do.

His satisfaction that he believes he has convinced Hooker and Huxley and staggered Lyell.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1588

From:
James David Forbes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
12th Feb. 1859
Source of text:
JDF Incoming letters 1859, no.532, StA
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday3566

From:
Peter Henry Berthon
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 February 1859
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/3/93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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