To G. H. Darwin [23 April 1877]
Summary
"Frank has sent the cards here."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10937 |
To G. H. Darwin [3 June 1877]
Summary
Has not yet heard from Cambridge. Thinks perhaps they do not intend to give him the degree.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [3 June 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10946 |
To G. H. Darwin 30 May [1877]
Summary
Has not yet received letter [about Cambridge honorary LL.D.].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10976 |
To G. H. Darwin 18 [October 1877]
Summary
Sends a query he would like GHD to put to Clerk Maxwell: why does a sponged leaf dry more rapidly, although sponging cannot remove the waxy bloom from the minute pores through which it is secreted?
Is very glad to hear about tides in the earth.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 18 [Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 61–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11008 |
To G. H. Darwin [after 28 October 1877]
Summary
Has given dates [for the Cambridge University honorary degree] to the Vice-Chancellor.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [after 28 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11216 |
To G. H. Darwin 21 November [1877]
Summary
Asks GHD to determine whether there are worm-castings in cloisters of [Neville?] Court.
Enjoyed his visit to Cambridge. Asks for newspaper account of the LL.D.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11246 |
To G. H. Darwin 24 November [1877]
Summary
Thinks he had better not sign GHD’s paper [as a candidate for F.R.S.], since he obviously is no judge of the quality of his work.
Asks if Thomson did not overlook heat generated by the crushing and folding of strata during the refrigeration of the globe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11251 |
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 |
From G. H. Darwin [before 28 May 1877]
Summary
Cambridge University will offer CD an honorary degree.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 28 May 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10958 |
From G. H. Darwin 28 May 1877
Summary
Writes in detail about Cambridge offer of the honorary LL.D.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10974 |
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 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 |
From G. H. Darwin 22 November 1877
Summary
Will look for worm-castings in the cloisters,
and will send CD items from the Cambridge papers on the honorary degree.
Has hit on a possible fallacy in W. Thomson’s theory of secular cooling of the earth.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11247 |
From G. H. Darwin [23 November 1877]
Summary
Asks CD if he would like to sign GHD’s Royal Society proposal for membership.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Nov 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11249 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
