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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
- … (DAR 119) opens with five pages of text copied from Notebook C and carries on through 1851; the …
- … used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full transcript …
- … *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwin’s alterations. The spelling and …
- … book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been …
- … the University of Cambridge. These works, catalogued by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library …
- … to be Read [DAR *119: Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 …
- … 4 [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v. …
- … on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. …
- … Teneriffe. in Pers. Narr. [A. von Humboldt 1814–29] D r Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle …
- … 1822] Falconers remark on the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v. …
- … 8 vo p 181 [Latreille 1819]. see p. 17 Note Book C. for reference to authors about E. Indian …
- … [Dampier 1697] Sportsman’s repository 4 to . [W. H. Scott 1820]— contains much on dogs …
- … [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith …
- … John Davies. China during the War and Peace [J. F. Davis 1852]. read Books Read, 1838–51 …
- … th Keppells Expedition to Borneo [Keppel 1846] 31. Fox’s Hist of James 2 d . [Fox 1808] …
- … [Southey 1834–47]. Poor. skimmed Books to be Read, 1852–60 [DAR *128: Cover] …
- … of 1851 on silk-worms & sheep, selection & crossing [R. Owen 1852]. Also hybrid-wheat …
- … and London. 128: 25 Bunbury, Charles James Fox. 1848. Journal of a residence at the …
- … 1848. Memoirs of the life of William Collins, Esq., R.A. 2 vols. London. *119: 23; 119: …
- … and use of natural history . London. 119: 14a Fox, Charles James. 1808. A history of …
- … by Richard Owen. Vol. 4 of The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
- … Robert. 1843. Memoirs of the life of John Constable, R.A., composed chiefly of his letters. …
- … Peacock, George. 1855. Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S. London. *128: 172; 128: 21 …
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…
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- … the work of collecting, and the construction of theory. Darwin was not simply a gentleman naturalist …
- … of the most advanced laboratory methods and equipment. Darwin used letters as a speculative space, …
- … Specialism and Detail Darwin is usually thought of as a gentleman naturalist and a …
- … across and drew together different fields of knowledge. But Darwin also made substantial …
- … discussion was often the starting point for some of Darwin's most valuable and enduring …
- … the microscope. Letter 207 — Darwin, C. R. to Fox, W. D., 23 May 1833 Darwin tells …
- … Letter 1018 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [6 Nov 1846] Darwin tells Hooker, if he pays …
- … Letter 1174 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 10 May 1848 Darwin discusses his barnacle work. …
- … Letter 1495 — Darwin, C. R. to Hancock, Albany, 25 Dec [1852] Darwin discusses the capacity …
- … C. R. to Gould, A. A., 20 Aug [1849] Darwin thanks J. D. Dana for cirripede specimens. Darwin …
- … Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] Darwin writes to Hooker about his …
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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- … Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed …
- … , it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet when this study …
- … anomalous. Moreover, as the letters in this volume suggest, Darwin’s study of cirripedes, far from …
- … classification using the most recent methods available, Darwin was able to provide a thorough …
- … his views on the species question (Crisp 1983). Darwin’s interest in invertebrate zoology …
- … Robert Edmond Grant. In his Autobiography (pp. 49–50), Darwin recalled: ‘Drs. Grant and …
- … his current enthusiasm in a letter to William Darwin Fox, 23 May 1833 ( Correspondence vol. 1 …
- … such questions as yours,—whether number of species &c &c should enter as an element in …
- … from common stocks— In this view all relations of analogy &c &c &, consist of those …
- … organisms less complicated, as in Lernæa, (which I sh^d^ think was the strongest case known.^2^ …
- … as highness , then Lernæa a mere reproductive sack w d be higher; but this is too counter to …
- … circumstances, (compare Plancental & Marsupial animals) w^d^ be similarly or parallely developed …
- … metamorphoses, as we shall see presently in Hippoboscus &c states that in Crust, antennæ & …
- … subsuming the group within another sub-class (Milne-Edwards 1852) or elevating it to a separate …
- … as a distinct class between the Crustacea and the Annelida (R. Owen 1855).^7^ Darwin, however, with …
- … animal, simple females alone being wanting. I never sh^d^. have made this out, had not my species …
- … Cirripedia, objects cast in the same mould. Systematic work w^d^ be easy were it not for this …
- … (if publishing avowedly on doctrine of non-permanence) I sh^d^. not have affixed names, & in …
- … But I must confess, that perhaps nearly the same thing w^d^. have happened to me on any scheme of …
- … spirits Every cirriped that I dissect I preserve the jaws &c. &c. in this manner, which …
- … CD’s specimen has remained unique. (The editors thank Drs R. W. Ingle and G. Boxshall of the British …
