From John Tyndall 16 April 1873
Summary
It is Huxley’s "duty to do what we wish him to do – his duty to his wife and children, his duty to us and to the world". Shares CD’s wish that Mrs [Henry] L[yell?] had not subscribed – it suggests the idea of an effort.
Author: | John Tyndall |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Apr 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: C13–14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8860 |
From James Crichton-Browne 16 April 1873
Summary
Sends 15 studies in expression, acted by his wife.
Describes David Ferrier’s experiments on electrical brain stimulation of animals; these show direct relation between convolutions of the brain and groups of muscles [West Riding Asylum Med. Rep. (July 1873)].
Author: | James Crichton-Browne |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Apr 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 319 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8861 |
To Francis Darwin 16 April [1873]
Summary
"Try only 1 or 2 drops of Formic A[cid]."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 16 Apr [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8862 |
letter | (3) |
Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Tyndall, John | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Tyndall, John | (1) |
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
Summary
< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
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- … < Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a …
Boat Memory
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Boat Memory was one of the indigenous people from Tierra del Fuego brought back to England by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830, but he remains as ghostly a figure as his name. What he was called by his own people is unknown, but the name Boat…
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- … very favourable specimen of the race’ ( Narrative 1: 416). After FitzRoy realised that his …