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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … hurrah for my species-work’ ( Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … years and a series of interesting exchanges on geology with David Milne, Robert Chambers, John …
- … William Herschel, to write the chapter on geology ( letter to J. F. W. Herschel, 4 February [1848] …
- … by Darwin on the use of microscopes on board ship ( see letter to Richard Owen, [26 March 1848] ). …
- … in the level of land came under renewed scrutiny. In 1847 David Milne, the Scottish geologist, …
- … since eroded, blocked the valley. Darwin was much shaken by Milne’s evidence, especially as he …
- … Darwin carefully re-examined his own thesis in letters to Milne, Lyell, and Robert Chambers, and, in …
- … asked for it to be destroyed. Only the draft of Darwin’s letter remains ( letter to the Scotsman …
- … that his original fieldwork was ‘time thrown away’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] ) …
- … that it would be a ‘thorn in the side of É de B.’ (letter to Charles Lyell, 3 January 1850 ). …
- … marine invertebrates himself (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Leonard Jenyns, 10 April [1837]) …
- … opinion that such a monograph was a ‘desideratum’ ( letter to J. L. R. Agassiz, 22 October 1848 ), …
- … abortive stamens or pistils ( Correspondence vol. 2, letter from J. S. Henslow, 21 November …
- … care what you say, my species theory is all gospel.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1848 ). …
- … sacrifice the rule of priority for the sake of expedience ( letter to H. E. Strickland, [4 February …
- … it as ‘the greatest curse to natural History’ ( letter to H. E. Strickland, 29 January [1849] ). …
- … Museum of Zoology, has been transcribed with Darwin’s letter to H. E. Strickland, 29 January [1849 …
- … the battle, he gave up only from fatigue and ill health ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 April 1849 ). …
- … was at this time that Darwin established a rigid routine at home that was evidently intended to …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … *119: 9v.] 1839. Decemb. Advertised . David Low “Treatise on Domestic Animals”; …
- … Sold Separately.— [Neill 1817] Lord Kaimes. (Home) on Instincts [Home 1774] Paley’s …
- … Reptiles [Duméril and Bibron 1834–54]: Crustacea Milne Edwards [Milne-Edwards 1834–40]: In Portfolio …
- … Keppells(?) voyage to Borneo [Keppel 1846] Life of David Hume— (new Edit) by Bell [Hume 1778] …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … in N. America [H. Martineau 1838b] Burtons Life of David Hume [Burton 1846] Society in …
- … Voyage up Amazon [W. H. Edwards 1847] } Home Library L d …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … [Brown 1818] excellent table of Canary island Plants Home’s Hist. of Man [Home1774] …
- … 2. vols of Hume’s History [Hume 1763] —— New Home. Novel. F. Bremer [Bremer 1843a].— …
- … Distrib of Crustacea 3 d Tom. of Suite de Buffon [Milne-Edwards 1834–40]. March 5 th St …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … [Craik ed. 1840]. Vol I. poor May 6 th Head’s Home Tour. (various parts) [G. Head 1837] …
- … [Atkinson and Martineau 1851] —— 25 Head. Home Tour—Manufacturing Districts [G. Head 1836]. …
- … M. Edwards. Introduction Zoolog. Generales 1851 120 [Milne-Edwards 1851]. 1853. …
- … by Hugh Miller [H. Miller 1854] Aug 20. Brace Home Life in Germany [Brace 1853] (excellent) …
- … , no. 632, 7 December 1839, p. 933, announced that David Low’s Illustrations of the breeds of …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … Knowledge.) London. *119: 13 Badham, Charles David. 1845. Insect life . Edinburgh and …
- … reflections, observations, and reminiscences at home and abroad, from early life to advanced …
- … from the Swedish. London. 119: 13b Brewster, David. 1831. The life of Sir Isaac Newton …
- … Burton, John Hill. 1846. Life and correspondence of David Hume . 2 vols. Edinburgh. *119: …
- … of remarkable trials . London. 128: 3 Cranz, David. 1767. The history of Greenland: …
- … Adrien de. 1842. Botanique . In Jussieu, Adrien de, Milne-Edwards, Henri, and Beudant, F. S., eds …
- … the Roman Empire . 3 vols. London. 119: 9b Milne-Edwards, Henri. 1834–40. Histoire …
