From:
Arnold Escher von der Linth
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/E/108, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John Moore
Date:
20 December 1859
Source of text:
N59/12795, unit 748, 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
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[20 Dec 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 180–1
Summary:
Forwards letter from Asa Gray.
Bentham is very agitated by Origin. CD over-emphasises natural selection. His theory accounts for too much and would be improved by unburdening it of natural selection.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Jardine
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Dec 1859
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 278
Summary:
Cannot agree with all of CD’s views [in Origin].
Thinks too much is made of the Galapagos. The peculiarity of their ornithology will break down.
Offers to answer any questions on ornithology.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
First Commissioner Works
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
(1860) p. 553, House of Commons, Bell Bell (New Palace, Westminster)
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Walker
Date:
20 December 1859
Source of text:
SI D MS 554 A
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Henry Sykes
Date:
20 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.185)
Summary:
Urges appointment of Edward Blyth as naturalist on an expedition to China.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Balmain
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
20 December 1859
Source of text:
No. 59/4169, unit 4, p. 374, VPRS 975/P2 outward registered correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project