To August Weismann 13 November 1876
Summary
Thanks for present of Studien [zur Descendenz-Theorie, vol. 2 (1876)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | 13 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 347 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10670 |
To August Weismann [17 June 1876 or later]
Summary
Comments on Weismann’s remarks on the possibility of sexual selection in the genus Daphnia.
A. R. Wallace has published paper giving up sexual selection [Review of St George Jackson Mivart’s Lessons from nature, as manifested in mind and matter.] in Academy, 10 and 17 June 1876, pp. 587–8.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | [17 June 1876 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 346 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10335 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To August Weismann [17 June 1876 or later] …
- … Robert Darwin Down [17 June 1876 or later] Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann …
- … London: Garland Publishing. 1990. Weismann, August. 1876–80. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte …
- … 1876): 51–112; 28 (1877): 93–254; 30 (suppl. 1878): 123–65; 33 (1880): 55–270. Weismann, August. …
To August Weismann 10 November 1879
Summary
Thanks for AW’s work ["Zur Naturgeschichte der Daphniden", Z. Wiss. Zool. 27: 51–112; 28: 93–254; 30 (suppl.): 123–65; 33: 55–270]. CD always interested in adaptations which appear to owe their structure to other causes.
Has not heard from Raphael Meldola for a long time about translation of AW’s Studien.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | 10 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12303 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Natur. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. Weismann, August. 1876–80. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte …
- … 1876): 51–112; 28 (1877): 93–254; 30 (suppl. 1878): 123–65; 33 (1880): 55–270. Weismann, August. …
- … Weismann 1875–6 , 1: 14–15 n. 1). By the time the English translation appeared, Weismann’s question had been answered; a Swedish expedition in 1876 to the Yenisei river region of Siberia found that only the early form of the butterfly existed there ( Weismann 1880–2 1: 19–21 n. 15). Meldola was working on a translation of August …
To August Weismann 12 January 1877
Summary
Comments on AW’s book [Studien zur Descendenz-Theorie (1875–6)], especially on mimicry in caterpillars.
Mentions sets of drawings of British Lepidoptera in all stages. Would AW like to see them?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 348 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10784 |
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