To W. D. Fox 2 December 1877
Summary
Working hard on physiology of plants.
His son George sees no reason to change his view on marriage of cousins.
George’s astronomical work is too deep for CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 155) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11266 |
To Horace Darwin 1 November [1877]
Summary
Wants HD to observe earthworm activity at Roman antiquities of Chedworth and Cirencester.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11221 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … on the waterworks at Brighton ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [February …
- … Horace and Francis Darwin’s visit to the Roman villa at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, in November 1877. The agent of John Scott (Lord Eldon) and his son have not been identified, although their surname was presumably Hall (see below in the letter). …
From G. H. Darwin 23 October 1877
Summary
Loss of water from leaf surfaces; action of a still air layer.
Proposal for CD’s LL.D.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11200 |
From Francis Darwin [28 October 1877?]
Summary
FD has sent proofs; nutating of Ricinus; Horace Darwin and the wormograph.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11302F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin 1901 , p. 253). Horace purchased a copper rod in London around 24 October 1877 (see letter …
- … Horace Darwin’s work on the worm stone (see nn. 2 and 6, below). CD was in London from 26 to 29 October 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The proofs have not been identified. CD had received a specimen of Ricinus communis (castor-oil plant), along with other plants, from Kew on 3 July 1877 ( letter …
From Francis Darwin [before 21 May 1877]
Summary
Edwin Ray Lankester wants to reprint FD’s paper ‘Food bodies’ in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 21 May 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10520F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … letter from W. E. Darwin, [24 April 1877? ] and n. 8. The joke has not been identified. Horace …
- … letter, dated 21 May 1877, to Nature , 7 June 1877, pp. 100–1. Francis’s paper ‘On the protrusion of protoplasmic filaments from the glandular hairs on the leaves of the common teasel ( Dipsacus sylvestris )’ ( F. Darwin 1877b ) included several drawings of experimental apparatus and a plate with sixteen figures. Francis was evidently visiting his brother Horace, …
From G. H. Darwin 19 April 1877
Summary
Has heard CD is about to be proposed again for the Académie Française, but Huxley is proposed at the same time and may succeed against CD "as being more orthodox!"
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10933 |
To Leonard Darwin 31 March 1877
Summary
Is "awfully glad" at LD’s appointment [as an instructor at Chatham].
Thinks LD should start reading chemistry "though reading does not do much".
Reports scientific work of George and Frank Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10919 |
From G. H. Darwin [28 October 1877]
Summary
Writes again about arrangements for the honorary degree ceremony.
Has been working on tides, which he is almost certain have altered the obliquity of the ecliptic.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 60–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11213 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin was continuing to work on his paper on the supposition that that the earth was composed of a viscous or imperfectly elastic matter, and thus subject to tides in its interior ( G. H. Darwin 1878 ; see letter to G. H. Darwin, 18 [October 1877] and n. 3). Henrietta Emma Litchfield had fallen ill with a fever in Switzerland while caring for her husband, Richard Buckley Litchfield , who was recovering from an appendectomy ( letter from Horace …
From Francis Darwin 11 June 1877
Summary
Lists the tasks he has completed; sends on letter from Romanes; news of Bernard.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10994F |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (9) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
