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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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- … of the common barnacles (the Lepadidae and Balanidae) in 1853. Upon dissecting Alcippe and …
- … of Balanus , in a letter to Hooker on 25 September [1853] ( Correspondence vol. 5), Darwin …
- … received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1853, even before completing the second …
- … vol. 5, letter from J. D. Hooker, [4 November 1853] ), Hooker wrote: ‘The RS. have voted you the …
- … printed in the Proceedings of the Royal Society 6 (1853): 355–6, mentioned both Coral reefs …
- … conception of archetype in a letter to Huxley, 23 April [1853] ( Correspondence vol. 5), …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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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- … Martineau [H. Martineau 1837] Layards Babylon [Layard 1853] Vol. V of Campbells …
- … Land [Twamley 1852] Life of T. Moore [?T. Moore 1853–6] have read vol III. Mundy’s …
- … relation to Köelreuter) in Revue Horticole No 9–11 89 1853 [Lecoq 1853]. Reviewed in Gardeners Ch …
- … Leidy, a Flora & Fauna within living Animals [Leidy 1853]. (Read) Some paper or Review in …
- … Principles of Commerce & Commercial Law: Lectures [Stephen 1853] Warrens Diary of a …
- … Quincey 1822] The Devereux. Earls of Essex [Devereux 1853] M rs . Colin Mackenzie …
- … [Hornschuch 1848] quoted in Braun Rejuvenescence [Braun 1853] p. 317 [DAR *128: 176] …
- … W. Dunker in Zoolog. Proc. a paper on Limnea [Dunker 1853].— D r . Anthony will publish on F. W. …
- … (read) Pictet Paleontologie new Edition [Pictet 1853–7] Pliny Nat History, translated …
- … Generales 1851 120 [Milne-Edwards 1851]. 1853. Feb. 6. Schouw Bot. Geograph: in …
- … to Vol XII. 1840 (not much) [DAR 128: 5] 1853. Jan. 27 th Life of D …
- … 2 & 3. } 20 th . Galtons Tour in S. Africa [Galton 1853] good Aug 23. Moore’s …
- … Nov. 11. Sir Hudson Lowe’s life and letters [H. Low 1853] very good —— 28 Vol. IV. Moores …
- … Society of London ] up to Vol II. Part IV. N.S. 1853 Sept. No s I–IV of Microscopical …
- … —— 5. Johnston Nat. History of E. Borders [G. Johnston 1853]. 20 Dana’s Crustacea [J. D. Dana …
- … Jan 11 th . Pulsky Red, Black & White [Pulszky 1853] (moderate) [DAR 128: 8] …
Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
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- … Letter 1533 - Darwin to Dana, J. D., [27 September 1853] Darwin praises Dana’s latest …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … public recognition of his scientific achievements when, in 1853, he was awarded a Royal Medal by the …
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … introduction to Hooker’s Flora of New Zealand in October 1853, he discovered that it contained …
