From Joseph Prestwich 2 January 1880
Summary
Having reviewed the history of the Glen Roy debate ["On the origin of the parallel roads of Lochaber, and their bearing on other phenomena of the glacial period", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 170 (1880): 663–776], JP wishes to know whether it is accurate to say CD has abandoned the marine theory.
| Author: | Joseph Prestwich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12394 |
To A. R. Wallace 3 November 1880
Summary
High praise for Island life; ARW’s "best book". Encloses notes of comments and criticism. Hooker pleased by dedication.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 3 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434 ff. 292–3); Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Wallace Papers WP/6/4/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12791 |
From G. H. Darwin 19 November 1880
Summary
Comments on CD’s book [Movement in plants].
Continues with his experiments with ripple-marks.
Is in despair about his astronomy.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 87 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12828 |
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- … letters . London: Longmans, Green, and Co. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, Shoe String Press. Lyell, …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 9 October 1880 ). George’s experiments are described in his paper ‘On the formation of ripple-mark in sand’ ( G. H. Darwin 1883 ). His work demonstrated that the formation of irregular ripple marks was due to vortices carrying sand up the lee slope while the direct current moved sand up the weather slope. Charles Lyell …
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition
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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …
