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From Francis Darwin [21 October 1881]
Summary
Commiserates on news of Wiesner and experiment on transmission of heliotropism. Asks whether he should review book for Nature.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13474F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [21 October 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 69 Francis Darwin [21 Oct 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Fritz Müller . See letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 . Pinguicula is the genus of …
- … this letter and the letters to Francis Darwin , 17 October 1881 and 22 [October 1881] . In …
- … Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Wiesner, Julius. 1881. Das …
- … Darwin, 17 October 1881 and n. 5. CD was reading Julius Wiesner ’s book ( Wiesner 1881 ), which challenged CD’s explanation of heliotropism in Movement in plants . In the event, Francis …
From Francis Darwin [after 14 November 1881]
Summary
Thanks for two letters from Pfeffer. Will return translation of Pfeffer and send a letter from Elfring. Looking forward to working on "antiWiesner" experiments. Will return on 26th or 27th.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Nov 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13485F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after 14 November 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 68 Francis Darwin [after 14 Nov 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … family in early October (see letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 and nn. 1 and 14). …
- … letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 14 November [1881] . CD had sent the letters from …
- … Linnean Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1881b. Ueber Circumnutation …
- … ant waste (see letter to Francis Darwin, 28 [October 1881] ). Botanischer Jahresbericht …
- … 1881): 14–15, 24– 5). Williams & Norgate was a London publisher and bookseller specialising in foreign scientific literature. The German translator has not been identified. Bernard Darwin had evidently joined his father in Wales; Francis …
- … Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and n. 3). Ein Esel : a donkey or, figuratively, a fool or idiot (German). CD had the letter from Wilhelm Pfeffer, 6 November 1881 , translated by Camilla Pattrick (see letter to Camilla Pattrick, [after 6 November 1881] ). The letter from Elfving to Francis …
From Francis Darwin [before 4 June 1881]
Summary
Encloses letter from Elfving (not found). Should he publish on false circumnutation?
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 4 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13192F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [before 4 June 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 75 Francis Darwin Strasbourg [before 4 June 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letters to Francis Darwin of 30 May [1881] and 4 [June 1881] . …
- … response in the fungus (see also letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and n. 3). …
- … 29 July 1881, and contained three diagrams (see letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] …
- … appeared (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 and 17 May 1881 and nn. 6 and 7). Francis had …
- … letter to Francis Darwin, 30 May [1881] ; the letter from Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin , …
- … Darwin, Francis. 1881b. Ueber Circumnutation bei einem einzelligen Organe. Botanische Zeitung , 29 July 1881, …
- … Darwin, 30 May [1881] and n. 4. Eosine and fuchsine were colouring agents mentioned in Cornu and Mer 1878 . William Martindale was a pharmacist in London. Francis …
- … 1881 ( Behrens 1881 ). Francis had also reviewed the book in Nature , 10 February 1881, pp. 333–5. William Benjamin Carpenter was one of the first researchers to explore deep-sea fauna; he wrote reports on the results of a number of dredging voyages (see, for example, Carpenter and Jeffreys 1870 and Carpenter 1872 ). Francis’s paper, ‘ Ueber Circumnutation bei einem einzelligen Organe’ (On circumnutation in a single-cell organ; F. Darwin …
From Francis Darwin 19 [May 1881]
Summary
Is sorry to have involved himself in a priority dispute between Wortmann and Elfving. Intends to publish on circumnutation; will CD send him his notes? Apologises for taking CD’s protractor, will send it back. Has met Oscar Schmidt.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 [May 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13166F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Francis Darwin 19 [May 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 72 Francis Darwin Strasbourg 19 [May 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of a fungus (see letter from Francis Darwin, 14 May 1881 and n. 7). Francis had met …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 and 17 May 1881 . See letter …
- … of a ship (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 and 17 May 1881 and n. 11). Francis was …
- … and 17 May 1881 . No correspondence between Francis and Elizabeth Darwin has been found. ‘ …
- … Darwin, Francis. 1881b. Ueber Circumnutation bei einem einzelligen Organe. Botanische Zeitung , 29 July 1881, …
- … Francis had mentioned meeting Oskar Schmidt in his letter of 14 May 1881 . Kneipe : pub, bar (German). Bernard Darwin …
- … Francis’s paper, ‘Ueber Circumnutation bei einem einzelligen Organe’ (On circumnutation in a single-cell organ; F. Darwin 1881b ), appeared in Botanische Zeitung , 29 July 1881; …
- … Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 ). Elfving was the first researcher to describe an autochemotropic (avoidance) response in the sporophore of the fungus Phycomyces nitens . His paper ‘En obeaktad känslighet hos Phycomyces’ (An unobserved sensitivity in Phycomyces; Elfving 1881 ) …
- … 1881 . Prepared under the direction of William MacCormac. 4 vols. London: J. W. Klockmann. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis …
From Francis Darwin [25 July 1881]
Summary
Reports on a visit to Hermann Vöchting and discussion of Julius Sachs.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 July 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13252F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [25 July 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 67 Francis Darwin Strassburg [25 July 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the notice, see the letter from Francis Darwin, 16 July 1881 and n. 4. The paper was W. P. …
- … Linnean Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1880c. The theory of the …
- … the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 406–19. Darwin, Francis. 1901. The movements of …
- … Francis worked at Anton de Bary ’s laboratory in Straßburg in 1881, arriving home on 1 August ( Emma Darwin’ …
- … Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Vöchting, Hermann. 1880. Ueber Spitze und Basis an den Pflanzenorganen. Botanische Zeitung , 27 August 1880, pp. 593–605; 3 September 1881, …
- … 1881, the Monday before 27 July was 25 July. Hermann Vöchting . Julius Sachs . See F. Darwin 1880b , p. 417. Vöchting 1880 . Narcissus is the genus of daffodil and narcissus. Vöchting experimented on two species, N. pseudonarcissus (common daffodil), and N. poeticus (poet’s narcissus; Vöchting 1882 ). Francis …
From Francis Darwin [19 June 1881]
Summary
Discusses observations on circumnutation by FD, Kraus, Wortmann.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13220F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [19 June 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 76 Francis Darwin Strassburg [19 June 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … going to church (see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 May [1881] and n. 6). Uhlans were light …
- … Linnean Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 406–19. Darwin, Francis. 1881b. Ueber Circumnutation …
- … of a fungus (see letter from Francis Darwin, 14 May 1881 and n. 7). In his paper, ‘Ein …
- … 1881 ). In the conclusion to his paper ‘ Ueber Circumnutation bei einem einzelligen Organe’ (On circumnutation in a single-cell organ; F. Darwin 1881b , p. 479), Francis …
From Francis Darwin 23 [May 1881]
Summary
Would like some of his notes. Has been looking at roots of Linum, cucurbits, larch, and orchids. Is content that mother should teach Bernard whatever religion she likes.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [May 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13170F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Francis Darwin 23 [May 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 66 Francis Darwin Strasbourg 23 [May 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 20 May 1881 . The Monday following 20 May …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 20 May 1881 ; CD and Francis had begun correcting proof- …
- … June 1881. The sheets had arrived at Down on 22 May 1881 (see letter to Francis Darwin, …
- … Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing themselves at right angles to the direction of incident light. [Read 16 December 1880. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): …
- … 1881. Keynes, Randal. 2001. Annie’s box. Charles Darwin, his daughter and human evolution. London: Fourth Estate. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis …
- … 1881 and nn. 1 and 3). The proof-sheets were for Francis’s article ‘On the power possessed by leaves of placing themselves at right angles to the direction of incident light’ ( F. Darwin …
From Francis Darwin 14 May 1881
Summary
News from the laboratory at Strasbourg; is working on Equisetum roots. Wortmann has found circumnutation in the mycelium of a fast-growing fungus. Please send papers (see 13155).
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13155F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin 14 May 1881 …
- … DAR 274.1: 70 Francis Darwin 14 May 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Linnean Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 406–19. Darwin, Francis. 1881b. Ueber Circumnutation …
- … Zeitung ( F. Darwin 1881b ). See postcard to Francis Darwin, 12 May [1881] and n. 1; …
- … 1881. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, Shoe String Press. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis …
- … Darwin 1880b . Ernst Stahl had been Sachs’s assistant when Francis was in Würzburg in 1879; he became professor extraordinarius of botany at Straßburg (Strasbourg) in 1880. He moved to Jena as full professor of botany in 1881. ( …
From Francis Darwin [after 17 June 1881]
Summary
Passes on an account from Cohen of preparations by Hahn of fossil coral-like structures.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 17 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13208G |
From Francis Darwin 16 July 1881
Summary
Reports de Bary’s opinion of Max Cornu. Accounts of various botanical experiments and observations.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 July 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13245F |
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- … From Francis Darwin 16 July 1881 …
- … DAR 274.1: 71 Francis Darwin Strassburg 16 July 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Maxime Cornu : see letter to Francis Darwin, 8 July 1881 . Francis was working with Anton …
- … not been found. Francis returned from Germany on 1 August 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
From Francis Darwin 17 June 1881
Summary
Glad CD approves of diaheliotropic paper. Reports on experiments with Carex and Yucca. Discusses translation of ‘Växtbook’ from Swedish. Heard some excellent music the previous night.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13208F |
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- … From Francis Darwin 17 June 1881 …
- … DAR 274.1: 73 Francis Darwin Strassburg 17 June 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … pp. 17, 24–6). See letter to Francis Darwin, [16 June 1881] and n. 6; the work was ‘Försök …
- … of reproduction; Hensen 1881 ). See letter to Francis Darwin, 27 May 1881 . It was Adolf …
- … 1881. Försök till analytisk behandling af växtformationerna. Meddelanden af Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 8: 1–155. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis …
- … Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing themselves at right angles to the direction of incident light. [Read 16 December 1880. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): …
- … Darwin, 8 June [1881] and n. 2. The history of salt ( Boddy 1881 ) was anonymously reviewed in Nature , 9 June 1881, pp. 123–4. The reviewer supposed that the book was written as ‘an elaborate joke’ and the tone of the review is very tongue-in-cheek. ‘Romanesque’: Francis …
- … 1881] must have crossed in the mail with this letter. Francis’s paper ‘On the power possessed by leaves of placing themselves at right angles to the direction of incident light’ ( F. Darwin …
From Asa Gray 27 January 1881
Summary
Apologises for his silence when Francis Darwin’s paper was read at the Linnean Society.
AG’s review of Movement in plants [Nation 32 (1881): 17–18].
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 203 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13028 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Linnean Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1880c. The theory of the …
- … Francis Darwin’s paper was read at the Linnean Society. AG’s review of Movement in plants [ Nation 32 (1881): …
- … 21 (1881): 245–9 and the Nation 32 (1881): 17–18 are in DAR 226.1: 6–7. Francis Darwin had …
- … 1881): 406–19. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis …
- … 1881. My Dear Mr. Darwin A proof of my attempt to review your last book in the Amer. Journal of Science having reached me here, I venture to enclose it—not that I think it very interesting reading, tho, it may serve to give an idea of a very noteworthy book. It has lately dawned upon me that I may have much offended your son, Mr. Francis …
From F. M. Balfour 10 July 1881
Summary
Thanks for suggesting that a spare copy of his book [Treatise on comparative embryology (1880–1)] be sent to Fritz Müller.
| Author: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 July 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13240 |
From Francis Ewbank 6 May 1881
Summary
Mr Coleman has retired. FE can see CD and can arrange for administering the gas.
| Author: | Francis Ewbank |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 May 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 163: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13148 |
From Francis Warner 18 December 1881
Summary
Sends CD a pamphlet on muscular conditions expressive of states of the brain
| Author: | Francis Warner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 128 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13562 |
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- … DAR 202: 128 Francis Warner London, Harley St, 24 18 Dec 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1881 Dear Sir, In sending you my little pamphlet on Muscular conditions expressive of states of the brain I have marked certain passages which appear to me to have a direct bearing on some subjects which you have done so much to elucidate and direct our attention to. It has long appeared to me a most useful method to look upon our daily patients in the light thrown upon all cases by the view of the unity of the organized world— Yours very truly | Francis Warner Charles Darwin …
From Francis Galton 9 October 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for Earthworms and comments on it.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13380 |
From G. H. Darwin [9 June 1881]
Summary
Has nearly finished his mathematical paper.
Is not sure when he will go to Patterdale.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13199 |
From F. M. Balfour 13 January [1881]
Summary
Will gladly translate Krause’s letter for Nature; denounces Butler’s book attacking CD.
| Author: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13011 |
From Wilhelm Pfeffer 24 October 1881
Summary
Will send 2d vol. [of his Pflanzenphysiologie (1881)].
CD has occasionally misinterpreted him in Movement in plants; by "after-working" (Nachwirkung) he means "after-working of preceding movements", not of the irritating cause [light].
| Author: | Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp (Wilhelm) Pfeffer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 38, 38/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13425 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Pattrick (see letter to Francis Darwin, 28 [October 1881] and n. 8). For a transcription …
- … 1881 ) was published by the end of the year. CD had received the first volume in July 1881 (see letter to Francis Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Pfeffer, Wilhelm 1873. Physiologische Untersuchungen . Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. Pfeffer, Wilhelm. 1875. Die periodische Bewegungen der Blattorgane . Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Pfeffer, Wilhelm. 1881. …
From Francis Galton 7 March 1881
Summary
Reports observations of worms for CD’s use.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A106–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13076 |
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| Darwin, Francis | (15) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (10) |
| John Murray | (10) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Müller, Fritz | (6) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, Francis | (15) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (10) |
| John Murray | (10) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Müller, Fritz | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (5) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Pfeffer, Wilhelm | (3) |
| Balfour, F. M. | (2) |
| Breitenbach, Wilhelm | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (2) |
| Krause, Ernst | (2) |
| Wiesner, Julius | (2) |
| Aveling, E. B. | (1) |
| Carter, R. B. | (1) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Crick, W. D. | (1) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (1) |
| Ewbank, Francis | (1) |
| Foster, Michael | (1) |
| Gilbert, J. H. | (1) |
| Graham, William | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Haberlandt, Gottlieb | (1) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (1) |
| Haeckel, Ernst | (1) |
| Hensen, Victor | (1) |
| Horner, A. C. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Innes, J. B. | (1) |
| Mengozzi, G. E. | (1) |
| Norton, C. E. | (1) |
| Riley, C. V. | (1) |
| Semper, C. G. | (1) |
| Simpson, J. F. | (1) |
| Stecker, Anton | (1) |
| Stephen, Leslie | (1) |
| Taylor, J. P. | (1) |
| Thompson, H. Y. | (1) |
| Tylor, Alfred | (1) |
| Tylor, E. B. | (1) |
| Warner, Francis | (1) |
| Weir, J. J. | (1) |
| Wintle, D. J. | (1) |
