To Williams and Norgate 1 April [1860]
Summary
Thanks for information about French dictionaries.
Asks that Westminster Review [of Apr 1860] be sent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 1 Apr [1860] |
| Classmark: | Swiss National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/02) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2739 |
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- … National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/02) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Apr [ …
To Otto Zacharias 5 October [1876]
Summary
The sheets of Cross and self-fertilisation will be sent to OZ as they become ready.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Otto Zacharias |
| Date: | 5 Oct [1876] |
| Classmark: | Swiss National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/03) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10632 |
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- … National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/03) Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill …
To Ernst Dieffenbach 8 April [1845]
Summary
Thanks ED for copy of German edition of Journal of researches. Asks him to write and ask German publisher to return plates and MS.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Dieffenbach |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1845] |
| Classmark: | Swiss National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/01) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-854 |
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- … National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/01) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Apr [ …
From Asa Gray 22 May 1877
Summary
Asked C. E. Bessey whether Lithospermum longiflorum was dimorphic like its relatives. Encloses CEB’s reply.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: B53–7, DAR 165: 196 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10969 |
From Leonard Darwin [after 14 February 1874]
Summary
Statistics showing rate of decline of population in Sandwich Islands, 1832–72.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Feb 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8709 |
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- … 4 . 6 1836 —1 . 97 1850 —2 . 01 1860 —2 . 06 1866 —2 . 10 The 4 . 6 seems the only one out …
From Francis Darwin [after 3 June 1875]
Summary
Returns corrected proofs [of Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 3 June 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10007F |
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- … was the first which completely wrong— 1 15 = .06 which is nearer . 067 than to . 066. The …
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| Gray, Asa | (1) |
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| Dieffenbach, Ernst | (1) |
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| Zacharias, Otto | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
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Evolution in Commentary
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
Summary
Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
The writing of "Origin"
Summary
From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
Matches: 4 hits
- … were incipient species ( Natural selection , p. 145–6): From looking at species as only …
- … to Murray, 3 May 1859 , and letter to John Murray, 6 May [1859 ]). The extant …
- … but in this he was disappointed. ‘We have been here above 6 week,’ he wrote to Fox, ‘& I feel …
- … points of Darwin’s theory (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 May 1859 ). Among the older scientists, …
Abstract of Darwin’s theory
Summary
There are two extant versions of the abstract of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. One was sent to Asa Gray on 5 September 1857, enclosed with a letter of the same date (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] and enclosure).…
Matches: 5 hits
- … a letter of the same date (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] …
- … fair copy for Gray was made. It was retained by Darwin (DAR 6). This version was subsequently sent …
- … of modification has been indisputably shown in latetimes. 6 Selection acts only by the …
- … of our geological records answers others.— (6.) One other principle, 30 which may be …
- … reflexion.— C. D. 42 Provenance: CUL DAR 6: 51 Notes 1 The printed …
Natural selection
Summary
How do new species arise? This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Darwin realised a crucial (and cruel) fact: far more individuals of each species were born than…
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- … controversial Essay on the Principle of Population (6 th edition, 1828); Malthus argued that …
Correlation of growth: deaf blue-eyed cats, pigs, and poison
Summary
As he was first developing his ideas, among the potential problems Darwin recognised with natural selection was how to account for developmental change that conferred no apparent advantage. He proposed a ‘mysterious law’ of ‘correlation of growth’ where…
