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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Herschel, 4 February [1848] ). Letters between Darwin and Richard Owen, author of the zoological …
- … in the level of land came under renewed scrutiny. In 1847 David Milne, the Scottish geologist, …
- … remains ( letter to the Scotsman , [after 20 September 1847] ). Other letters to colleagues at …
- … thrown away’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] ). The second geological theory …
- … of Cryptophialus minutus . He sent the manuscript to Richard Owen, presumably for his comments, …
- … uniqueness fully. Sometime before the end of December 1847, John Edward Gray, keeper of the …
- … severe problem for Darwin during this period, especially in 1847 and during the last half of 1848 …
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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- … There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12 by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & Physiology [R. …
- … researches on the Horse in N. America— [Harlan 1835] Owen has it. & Royal Soc Lord …
- … of Anat.— Instinct by D r . Alison [W. P. Alison 1847]. No 19. July. 1840 27 Annales des …
- … geological History of the Horse [Karkeek 1841]. (not read.) Owen not got these No s . …
- … read it— Erasmus has it Owens Brit. Mammalia [R. Owen 1846a]— Horner has it. (read) …
- … . Hooker. read Fortune’s Travels in China [Fortune 1847] read Lettres philosop. sur l …
- … Travels in Peru (translated) [J. J. von Tschudi 1847] Gardners Travels in Brazil [Gardner …
- … [North 1826]. (Erasmus) read Hebrew Monarchy [Newman] 1847] Berniers …
- … 1843]. (Emma) (read) M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . …
- … animals 54 folio Plates. Maclise 2”12.6. [Maclise 1847] good for woodcuts. (Roy. Coll. of Surgeons) …
- … to publish one. 45 Gosse. Birds of Jamaica [Gosse 1847], recommended by Yarrel …
- … Society of Edinburgh ] Youatt on Pig [Youatt 1847]. Westminster Rev. Oct. 49. Article …
- … [DAR *119: 23] Prescotts Peru [W. H. Prescott 1847] Sleemans Travels to Khiva. 47 …
- … 1841] Edwardes. Voyage up Amazon [W. H. Edwards 1847].— Cunningham Life of Wilkie …
- … Rich d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare: King Richard II ; King Henry IV ] …
- … British Association for the Advancement of Science (1854). Richard Owen gave the same paper at the …
- … is confused; the citation given is actually that of Richard Owen’s paper on Dinornis rather than …
- … all sorts of trees, shrubs, and flowers . Revised by Richard Bradley. London. *119: 19v.; 119: …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 13, 22; 119: 22b Beste, John Richard. 1855. The Wabash; or, …
- … Home life in Germany . London. 128: 11 Bradley, Richard. 1724. A general treatise of …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 143–51.] 128: 6 Dana, Richard Henry. [1840]. Two years before …
- … of glaciers. Edinburgh. 119: 15b Ford, Richard. 1846. Gatherings from Spain . By the …
- … 119: 8a, 13a Hamilton, James. 1854. A memoir of Richard Williams . Edinburgh. 128: 9 …
- … in DAR 71: 87–8.] *128: 173; 128: 12 Harlan, Richard. 1835. Medical and physical …
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 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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- … state of disarray in the taxonomy of the group. Late in 1847, John Edward Gray, keeper of the …
- … 1981). Many of Darwin’s contemporaries—Edward Forbes, Richard Owen, Louis Agassiz, William Sharp …
- … Ospovat 1981, p. 108). Darwin’s frequent discussions with Owen no doubt helped to sharpen his …
- … philosophical anatomy of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Owen was at this time formulating new …
- … work of naturalists such as Robert Brown, Martin Barry, and Owen in England and Henri Milne-Edwards …
- … 1852) or elevating it to a separate class altogether (R. Owen 1855). Milne-Edwards and Owen also …
- … them as a separate order within this sub-class of Crustacea. Owen, on the other hand, recognised the …
- … locomotion and the presence of separate sexes, according to Owen’s classificatory principles the …
- … a distinct class between the Crustacea and the Annelida (R. Owen 1855).^7^ Darwin, however, with his …
- … suited his purposes well; he reported in a letter to Richard Owen, 26 March 1848 , that he …
- … ^7^ No doubt Huxley was pointedly referring to Owen when he stated in a lecture of 1857 …
Darwin and Design
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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- … can be found in the work of the comparative anatomist Richard Owen. In a series of publications in …
- … birds, reptiles, and mammals). These ‘archetypes’, as Owen called them, were originally conceived in …
- … connected these divisions into a single order of creation. Owen developed this theory of underlying …
- … sum of a series of essentially similar segments. Owen went on to extend this theory of …
- … thus showing the unity of plan of God’s creation. Owen’s highly theoretical anatomy was quite …
- … purposes. In comparing the work of Paley, Buckland, and Owen, it becomes clear that natural theology …
- … Miller wrote a book entitled Footprints of the creator (1847), arguing that evidence of the biblical …
- … Hugh Miller, Footprints of the creator (1849). Richard Owen, On the archetype and …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … Henslow, Leonard Horner, Leonard Jenyns, Edward Forbes, and Richard Owen shows. These friends, with …
- … on species mutability with Hooker, Horner, Jenyns, Lyell, Owen, and Charles James Fox Bunbury; he …
- … the open. In the event, it was not until the beginning of 1847 that Hooker was given a fair copy of …
- … vol. 4, letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 [February 1847]). Darwin can be seen as a cautious strategist, …
- … Edward Forbes, William Lonsdale, Hugh Edwin Strickland, or Owen—the last with the caveat that he …
