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DCP-LETT-6608

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Jan 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 103: 8–9
Summary:

Does not fact that characters important in systematics are often of no use, corroborate CD’s view that such characters, if not detrimental, may persist ad infinitum?

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel10682

From:
Sir William Huggins
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.49
Summary:

Professor Joseph Winlock of Harvard agrees with all WH's observations of Nebula of Orion. The observations at Bishop's Observatory between 1844 and 1851 appear to be the work of W. R. Dawes. Comments on the reasons why the bright lines are so easily seen.

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John Herschel Project
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