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From:
Alexander Wallace
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1847]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0558; Reel 1093
Summary:

Can offer no explanation of how Thomas Henderson computed tables from data in N. L. Lacaille's star charts. Henderson did all his work at home. Suggests explanations for Henderson's corrections in red ink.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 85: B69–70
Summary:

Asks CD to make his queries about proportion of sexes more precise so he can keep them in mind in his experiments with silkworms. [see Descent 1: 313.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alexander Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 85: B41–5
Summary:

Proportion of sexes in insects, captured and bred. [see Descent 1: 313.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alexander Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 86: A26–7
Summary:

On proportion of sexes [of moths?] raised from larvae: AW does not select largest exclusively.

Account of lambing in 1864 after unusual drought.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alexander Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 July [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 86: A98
Summary:

Gives information on the proportions of sexes of certain moths. [See Descent 1: 313.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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