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DCP-LETT-4724

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Campbell Eyton
Date:
29 Dec [1864?]
Source of text:
Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32)
Summary:

Asks TCE to verify whether otter-hounds have more skin between their toes than other hounds. Also interested in cases of infertile matings between normally fertile individuals.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel11191

From:
N. de Khanikoff
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.81
Summary:

Sends the first volume of his memoir on the Perse. Has contacted Jacques Babinet regarding experiments on variations of gravity. Comments on the work of the various researchers in this field.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001444

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
29 December [1864?]
Source of text:
MM/19/41, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel2566

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.474
Summary:

Discusses translating the Iliad. Discusses Emile Gautier's theory of the maculae, which does not seem to explain what they see.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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