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Herschel1438

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.65
Summary:

Comments on a letter GS received from Ernst Klinkerfüss, which leaves GS convinced of the basic correctness of the views of GS and JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12840

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
François N. M. Moigno
Date:
[26 March 1866]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0245; Reel 1054 (Cdraft: RS:HS 25.15.22)
Summary:

Corrections to reports in 12 Mar. 1866 issue of Les Mondes regarding ecclesiastical titles in England, William Whewell's career, and W. T. Brande's role at Royal Mint. Also, English do not eat cats; 'catsup' is made of vegetables. Nor was JH's daughter [Maria Sophia] ever acquainted with late [Ludovico] Calandrelli.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FL-0933

From:
Darwin, H. E.
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
27 March [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 219.10: 3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-5039

From:
Albert Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Mar 1866
Source of text:
DAR 171: 280
Summary:

Oswald Heer [in Die Urwelt der Schweiz (1866)] agrees with CD that Swiss ants (Formica sanguinea) capture more slaves than do British ants. Does this contradict selection, since the British ants are exposed to harder conditions and a poorer fauna?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5040

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Albert Müller
Date:
28 Mar [1866]
Source of text:
Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Handschriften (Allgemeine Autographensammlung, D)
Summary:

Writes on slave-making ants; cannot explain why fewer slaves are caught in England than in Switzerland.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5041

From:
Robert Swinhoe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Mar 1866
Source of text:
DAR 177: 329
Summary:

Sends CD comb of the Chinese honey-bee, as requested.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2582

From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.485
Summary:

Compiling three year series of helioautographs. Wants suggestions for noting the position of planets supposedly influencing sunspots. Discusses a passage from one of Galileo's letters concerning the influence of the planets on the sun's face.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FL-1267

From:
Darwin, G. H.
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[30 March 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 251: 2239
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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FVM-66-03-30a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Julius Haast
Date:
30 March 1866
Source of text:
MS papers 37, folder 207, no. 566, Haast family papers, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-5042

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Kippist
Date:
31 Mar [1866]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London, Misc. loose letters, case 1: C. Darwin (4)
Summary:

Asks [Secretary] to list the proper titles of foreign societies of which he is an honorary member; he has mislaid diplomas.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5043

From:
Albert Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Mar 1866
Source of text:
DAR 171: 281
Summary:

Calls for more study of behaviour and less of classification to determine whether descent theory can bear the weight not [only] of reasoning but of fact. Hopes CD’s intended book [Variation] will help.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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