To G. H. Darwin 23 July 1881
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July 23rd 1881
In Kosmos just published (p 223) your abstract in Nature has been translated into German; & the Editor appends a note (referring to some former article in Kosmos) that, though Kant overlooked, yet that R. Mayer of Heilbronn thoroughily investigated the bearing of “Reibung” on the nebular hypothesis.—1
C.D.
Thank all the stars in Heaven, Collier has finished his picture of me & is gone..—2 He is very nice.
I am tired & cannot tell you any news.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Darwin, George Howard. 1879b. On the secular changes in the elements of the orbit of a satellite revolving about a tidally distorted planet. [Read 18 December 1879.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 171 (1880): 713–891.
Darwin, George Howard. 1881a. On the tidal friction of a planet attended by several satellites, and on the evolution of the solar system. [Read 20 January 1881.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 172: 491–535.
Summary
GHD’s abstract from Nature [24 (1881): 231] has been published in Kosmos.
John Collier has finished his portrait of CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13252
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 105
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13252,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13252.xml