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Darwin Correspondence Project

To William Ogle   17 January 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

Jan 17th 1881

My dear Dr. Ogle.

Very many thanks for your trouble in copying & translating the passages, about which I know nothing.1

It is always interesting & curious to see the first notices of any phenomenon; but I doubt whether they are of any real use.— The passage, however, about the summer solstice may indicate something new, though in our sunless climate any such phenomenon might be difficult to verify.—

My dear Dr. Ogle | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The passages have not been identified; no other correspondence with Ogle about this matter has been found.

Summary

Thanks WO for copying and translating [unspecified] passages. CD knew nothing about them, but doubts they are of real use. Passage about summer solstice may indicate something new.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13015
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Ogle
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 261.5: 17 (EH 88205915)
Physical description
ALS 1p

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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13015,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13015.xml

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