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From:

Charles Robinson

To:

Sir John Herschel

Date:

[2 October 1858]

Source of text:

RS:HS 14.498

Summary:

Asks for JH's autograph. Aspires to be an astronomer. Was impressed by JH's feeling for humanity at the Leed's Young Men's Christian Institute.

Contributor:

John Herschel Project

From:

Charles Robert Darwin

To:

William Bernhard Tegetmeier

Date:

2 Oct [1858]

Source of text:

Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)

Summary:

Ask some questions on pigeons.

Remarks on the discussion of bees’ cells at the Leeds BAAS meeting. CD fancies he has the true theory with regard to their construction.

Contributor:

Darwin Correspondence Project