From Hermann Müller to Francis Darwin 16 February 1876
Summary
Sends Fritz Müller’s view that many of the pointed appendages on the tip of the maxilla of Vanessa atalanta are organs of feeling or taste.
Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 16 Feb 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 68: 159–60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10397 |
From J. H. Gilbert to Francis Darwin 10 June 1876
Summary
On burnt soils.
Author: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 10 June 1876 |
Classmark: | Rothamsted Research (GIL13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10535G |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Gilbert, J. H. Darwin, Francis …
- … From J. H. Gilbert to Francis Darwin 10 June 1876 …
- … Research (GIL13) Joseph Henry Gilbert Harpenden, St Albans 10 June 1876 Francis Darwin …
- … how far it would interest your father To Francis Darwin Esq re | Down, Beckenham, Kent …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin to J. H. Gilbert, 8 June 1876 . CD was interested in …
- … Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. Edited by Francis Darwin. 3 vols. …
- … Darwin Archive–CUL. For an article by Voelcker on the effects of burning soils, see Voelcker [1875] , ‘On paring and burning’. There is an undated letter at Rothamsted Research (archives of the Lawes Agricultural Trust, Rothamsted, Harpenden) from Francis Darwin …
To Francis Darwin [12 October 1876]
Summary
Has seen notice on Empetrum but cannot understand how leaves in bud could act as fly-catchers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [12 Oct 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10641 |
To Francis Darwin 30 [May 1876]
Summary
Discusses FD’s observations on the protrusion of protoplasmic masses by cells of the teasel. Suggests analogy with amoeba. "I would work at this subject if I were you, to the point of death."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 30 [May 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10517 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 30 [May 1876] …
- … DAR 271.3: 14 Charles Robert Darwin Hopedene 30 [May 1876] Francis Darwin …
- … May 1876, p. 689. See letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] and n. 4. Drosera is the …
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, Francis …
- … this letter and the letters from Francis Darwin , [28 May 1876] and [29 May 1876] . CD …
- … a synonym of D. fullonum ). See letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] and n. …
- … Francis Darwin’s complaint about aggregated protoplasm forming motionless masses (see letter from Francis …
- … Darwin, [29 May 1876] ). CD refers to a solution of carbonate of ammonia. Francis had …
- … Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] and n. 3. An amoeba was considered to be a small mass of undifferentiated protoplasm. Foraminifera are unicellular marine protozoans; they are typically found near the bottom of the sea (Lipps et al. 2011). In his printed paper, Francis …
To Francis Darwin [2 June 1876]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [2 June 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10526 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [2 June 1876] …
- … DAR 271.3: 16 Charles Robert Darwin Hopedene [2 June 1876] Francis Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, [1 June 1876] . Francis joined the …
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, Francis …
- … him. See letter from Francis Darwin, [1 June 1876] . Francis had discovered protoplasmic …
To Francis Darwin 25 September [1876]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 25 Sept [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10617 |
To Francis Darwin [11 October 1876]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [11 Oct 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10638 |
To Francis Darwin [1 June 1876]
Summary
Comments on FD’s discovery – "if it so proves". It will be important to see whether the protoplasm oozes through the cell-walls [of Dipsacus] or whether it can be withdrawn.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [1 June 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10525 |
To Francis Darwin 20 September [1876]
Summary
Suggests German works worth translating.
Is glad FD is keeping busy; he has worked excellently on proof-sheets [of Orchids (1877)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 20 Sept [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10611 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 20 September [1876] …
- … DAR 211: 11 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Sept [1876] Francis Darwin …
- … Darwin 1877a , 1877b). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 September [1876] and n. 1. CD was …
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, Francis …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 September [1876] . CD’s heavily …
- … of Popular Science Review . Francis’s wife, Amy Darwin , had died a few days after the …
To Francis Darwin 2 October [1876]
Summary
Thanks FD for corrections [to Orchids (1877)].
Thinks Johann von Fischer’s paper on monkeys’ rumps [Der Zoologische Garten 17 (1876): 116–27, 174–9] worth translating, and he intends to write a letter on it to Nature [Collected papers 2: 207–11].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 2 Oct [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10629 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 2 October [1876] …
- … DAR 211: 15 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Oct [1876] Francis Darwin …
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, Francis …
- … and self fertilisation (see letter to Francis Darwin, 27 [September 1876] and n. 2). The …
- … monkeys ( Fischer 1876a ; letter to Francis Darwin, 20 September [1876] ). The paper on …
- … Darwin 1877b . CD had sent Francis a book by Julius Wiesner in May (see letter from Francis Darwin, …
To Francis Darwin [1 May 1876]
Summary
Expresses his pride in FD, whose article ["On the structure of the snail’s heart", J. Anat. Physiol. 10 (1876): 506–10] was highly praised by G. H. Lewes.
Lewes has also been quoting FD’s letter in Nature [13 (1876): 384–5] on pycrotoxine in relation to the vivisection controversy.
Was introduced to James Sully, author of the article in Mind on Wilhelm Wundt ["Physiological psychology in Germany", 1 (1876): 20–43]
and Sensation and intuition (1874) [see 10320], by "Mrs Lewes" (George Eliot).
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [1 May 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10489A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [1 May 1876] …
- … DAR 271.4: 5 Charles Robert Darwin [1 May 1876] Francis Darwin …
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, Francis …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), she and CD visited Lewes and Evans on 30 April 1876. Francis Darwin’ …
- … Darwin’s visit to George Henry Lewes and his common-law wife Marian Evans, the novelist George Eliot, and by the reference to Francis’ …
To Francis Darwin [before 22 July 1876]
Summary
Asks FD to write on his behalf and say that he is unwilling to join a deputation [on vivisection] and that he believes in the need to protect physiology as well as lower animals.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [before 22 July 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 202: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10747 |
To Francis Darwin [28 September 1876]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [28 Sept 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10623 |
To Francis Darwin 8 October [1876]
Summary
Sends an article for FD.
Is glad he is able to work on his teasel paper [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 26 (1878): 4–8]; suggests some observations FD could make.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 8 Oct [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10635 |
To Francis Darwin [30 April 1876]
Summary
CD has just had an interview with Edward Frankland, who "almost laughs" at FD’s idea of getting potash and soda out of the soil by treating it with sulphuric acid. Asks FD to send him a soil sample to give to Frankland. Sends enclosures giving address and labels for soil samples.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [30 Apr 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10485B |
To Francis Darwin 27 [September 1876]
Summary
Sends last chapter of Orchids [1877] for revision.
Has some articles that might interest FD.
Has invited Ferdinand Cohn and his wife to Down but hopes they will not come.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 27 [Sept 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10621 |
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- … To Francis Darwin 27 [September 1876] …
- … DAR 211: 13 Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 [Sept 1876] Francis Darwin …
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, Francis …
- … from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 ). Francis Darwin’s wife, Amy, had died on 11 September …
- … 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis and Amy’s son was Bernard Darwin . CD was …
To Francis Darwin 16 September [1876]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 16 Sept [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10604 |
To Francis Darwin [c. December 1876]
Summary
Asks for details of dimorphism in Sethia from Thwaites, Enumeratio plantarum Zeylaniae [1864]. [See Forms of flowers, p. 122.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [c. Dec 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10762 |
letter | (18) |
Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
Gilbert, J. H. | (1) |
Müller, Hermann | (1) |
Darwin, Francis | (18) |
Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
Gilbert, J. H. | (1) |
Müller, Hermann | (1) |