From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders
Date:
21 June 1870
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Comments on translation of FCD’s paper ["On the action of the eyelids", Arch. Med. 5 (1870): 20–38].
Speculates that closing eyelids may protect eyes from vibrations.
Discusses publication of Expression.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project