To B. D. Wrangham 16 September 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Sept. 16. 1880
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your kindness in having copied & sent me the long & striking passage from Kepler.—1
I remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The recipient is identified from the accompanying envelope, though CD has addressed it to B. D. Wrangband in error. Wrangham sent a quotation of Johann Kepler probably from Olmsted 1841, pp. 311–12, with his letter of [before 16 September 1880].
Bibliography
Olmsted, Denison. 1841. Letters on astronomy, addressed to a lady: in which the elements of the science are familiarly explained in connexion with its literary history. Boston: Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb.
Summary
Thanks for sending him a copy of the striking passage from Kepler.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12714G
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Bartlett Downs Wrangham
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 72756)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12714G,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12714G.xml
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