From W. R. Browne [20–2] November [1881]
Summary
Announces intention to hold a private conference with the Archbishop of Canterbury with the aim of encouraging men of science to reaffirm their religious beliefs and also to publish a series of articles in the Contemporary Review on the state of the various sciences.
Author: | Walter Raleigh Browne |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [20–2] Nov [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 334 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12789 |
From W. E. Darwin 1 November 1881
Summary
Requests a list of CD’s trust securities; he and Sara have finished Worms; asks what he should do with dividend warrant.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 95) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13445F |
From F. B. Zincke 1 November 1881
Summary
Has found prehistoric tools in his orchard that he believes have been buried by the action of earthworms.
Author: | Foster Barham Zincke |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 184: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13448 |
From L. J. Jones 1 November [1881]
Summary
Points out an error in Earthworms.
Author: | Lawrence John Jones, 4th baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Nov [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 80 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13449 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 2 November 1881
Summary
Encloses his review of Earthworms.
Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 85 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13453 |
From S. H. Vines 2 November [1881]
Summary
On the action of ammonium carbonate on plant cells. "Aggregation" of protoplasm.
Author: | Sydney Howard Vines |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Nov [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 180: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13455 |
From J. F. Simpson 4 November 1881
Summary
Relates some of his observations on the behaviour and activity of earthworms.
Author: | James Frederick Simpson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 167 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13459 |
From Wilhelm Pfeffer 6 November 1881
Summary
It is impossible to trace the direct connections between stimuli and responses in plant movements. Disagrees with much of Julius von Wiesner [Die Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)]. Disagrees with CD on induced movements and circumnutation.
Author: | Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp (Wilhelm) Pfeffer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 174: 39 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13464 |
From T. M. Reade 6 November 1881
Summary
Praise for Earthworms.
Author: | Thomas Mellard Reade |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 32 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13465 |
From A. E. Graves 6 November 1881
Summary
Sends his observations on the behaviour of a worm. They seem to indicate some sensory apparatus enabling it to "see".
Author: | Anthony Elly Graves |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 91 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13467 |
From C. J. Breese 7 November 1881
Summary
Sends CD an abstract of his 1871 paper on the earthworm, and requests information on the phenomenon of luminosity.
Author: | Charles James Breese |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 289 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13469 |
From Sarah Marshall 7 November 1881
Summary
Can CD explain why in a mollusc (Bulimus decollatus) immature forms are always broken at the apex.
Author: | Sarah Marshall |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13470 |
From F. B. Zincke 8 November 1881
Summary
Describes the soil in which he found prehistoric tools.
Author: | Foster Barham Zincke |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 184: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13473 |
From J. F. Simpson 8 November 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for his letter and gives permission to use his observations, although not considering himself a worthy authority. Enlarges upon some of his previous observations.
Author: | James Frederick Simpson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 168 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13474 |
From Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár 10 November 1881
Summary
Thanks for Earthworms.
Author: | Johann August Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics von Mojsvár |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 228 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13477 |
From Julius Wiesner 11 November 1881
Summary
CD has misunderstood his views on heliotropism. Agrees that his experiments on the movement of root tips are weak. Will conduct further research. Thinks that since mechanical conception of botany is not so widespread, those who agree with CD probably are in majority.
Author: | Julius Wiesner |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 22 (EH 88206074) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13478 |
From J. C. Clutterbuck 13 November 1881
Summary
Describes earthworms moving to the surface to escape moles.
Author: | James Charles Clutterbuck |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 181 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13482 |
From J. P. Taylor 14 November 1881
Summary
Thinks CD overestimates earthworms’ role in creating mould. Gives some observations on worms and questions about their breeding habits.
Author: | John Pitt Taylor |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 55 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13483 |
From Archibald Geikie 14 November 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for offer of assistance in exploration of Eskdale beds. Describes finds of scorpions and unusual amphibians.
Author: | Archibald Geikie |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13484 |
From Francis Darwin [after 14 November 1881]
Summary
Thanks for two letters from Pfeffer. Will return translation of Pfeffer and send a letter from Elfring. Looking forward to working on "antiWiesner" experiments. Will return on 26th or 27th.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 14 Nov 1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 68 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13485F |
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Brunton, T. L. | (2) |
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Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
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Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
Simpson, J. F. | (2) |
Vines, S. H. | (2) |
Zincke, F. B. | (2) |
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