To Anton Dohrn 7 March 1874
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CD is grieved to hear that AD is overworked and troubled about the Zoological Station. Glad he is now writing to seek assistance from English naturalists. Sends a subscription of £100 and £10 each from George and Francis Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 712) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9338 |
From J. T. Moggridge 7 March 1874
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Sends abstract of Martin Ziegler’s paper on sensitive movements in Drosera ["Sur un fait physiologique observé sur des feuilles de Drosera", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 74 (1872): 1227–9].
JTM’s experiments with formic acid and ants have failed to reveal the secret of the ants, but have taught him a great deal about germination.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 224 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9339 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (1) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (1) |
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … that observed in the metamorphosis of Crustacea (DAR 31.2: 307). This observation was notable, for …
The Mount, Shrewsbury
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Letters from home
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- … Darwin writes in preparation for the voyage, and his father and sisters write with news from home …
The Voyage of the Beagle
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It was a letter from his friend and former teacher, John Stevens Henslow, that brought the 22-year-old Charles Darwin news of the offer of a place on board the Admiralty surveying vessel HMS Beagle on a voyage to chart the coast of South America. During…
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- … Capt. F. wants a man (I understand) more as a companion than a mere collector & would not take …
