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To Frank Chance 10 August [1873]
Summary
Thanks [FC] for his letter concerning a pony changing colour during the winter,
and remarks on the erection of human body hair, goose-skin, and the influence of colour and temperature on skin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frank Chance |
| Date: | 10 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 139 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9003F |
From Frank Chance [before 25 April 1871]
Summary
His beard is darker than his hair, an exception to CD’s rule in Descent [2: 319]. Encloses sample of his hair, beard, and whiskers.
| Author: | Frank Chance |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 25 Apr 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 198–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7522 |
From Frank Chance 31 July – 7 August 1873
Summary
Gives some observations on ponies’ becoming white in winter;
on skin pigmentation and the effects of heat;
on the bristling of the hair in man.
| Author: | Frank Chance |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 July – 7 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 53.1: 2–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8993 |
Author
| Chance, Frank | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Chance, Frank | (1) |
