To John Stevens Henslow [1 April 1848]
Summary
Thanks JSH for his address [Address delivered in the Ipswich Museum on 9th March 1848]. Questions a sentence which implies that only the practical use of a scientific discovery makes it worth while. The instinct for truth justifies science without any practical results. Cites his work on cirripedes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [1 Apr 1848] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: A17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1167 |
To Richard Owen [2 April 1848]
Summary
Apologises for length of notes of advice for microscopic work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [2 Apr 1848] |
Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Hyde 77: 2. 82. 1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1167F |
To A. C. Ramsay 7 April [1848]
Summary
Asks ACR to establish height of Moel Tryfan in Caernarvonshire; "in my notice on this hill [""Ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire"" (1842), Collected papers 1: 163–71] I give a very much less height than others". [See also another mention of the elevation of Moel Tryfan in "On the transportal of erratic boulders" (1848), Collected papers 1: 218–27.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
Date: | 7 Apr [1848] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1168 |
To H. T. De la Beche 7 April [1848]
Summary
CD discusses questions about his coral reef theory that were raised by HTDlaB [in his Geol. Soc. Anniversary Address (1848)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Thomas De la Beche |
Date: | 7 Apr [1848] |
Classmark: | National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences (De la Beche) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1169 |
To John Phillips [7 or 14 April 1848]
Summary
Some geologists (especially H. T. De la Beche) doubt boulders have really been carried above their parent rock, but rather thought they were left behind as a result of denudation. Asks JP’s view of this, which he can quote. Supposes he will be well abused for his paper, but is resolved "not to show a white feather".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Phillips |
Date: | [7 or 14] Apr 1848 |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections (John Phillips collection)) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1170 |
To Richard Owen [April? 1848]
Summary
Pleased at RO’s praise of Coral reefs.
Has read with very great interest RO’s "Report on the archetype" [Rep. BAAS 16 (1846): 169–340]. RO should give name to every letter or number in his woodcuts.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [Apr? 1848] |
Classmark: | R. S. Owen 1894, 1: 209 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-997 |
letter | (6) |
Owen, Richard | (2) |
De la Beche, H. T. | (1) |
Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Phillips, John | (1) |
Ramsay, A. C. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Owen, Richard | (2) |
De la Beche, H. T. | (1) |
Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Phillips, John | (1) |
Ramsay, A. C. | (1) |