To Francis Darwin [2 June 1876]
Summary
Looks to FD’s "grand discovery" as almost certain. Suggests observations.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [2 June 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10526 |
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To Francis Darwin 30 [May 1876]
Summary
Discusses FD’s observations on the protrusion of protoplasmic masses by cells of the teasel. Suggests analogy with amoeba. "I would work at this subject if I were you, to the point of death."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 30 [May 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10517 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … DAR 271.3: 14 Charles Robert Darwin Hopedene 30 [May 1876] Francis Darwin …
- … To Francis Darwin 30 [May 1876] …
- … this letter and the letters from Francis Darwin , [28 May 1876] and [29 May 1876] . CD …
- … masses (see letter from Francis Darwin, [29 May 1876] ). CD refers to a solution of …
- … a synonym of D. fullonum ). See letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] and n. 3. …
- … Chronicle , 27 May 1876, p. 689. See letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] and n. 4. …
- … Darwin, [28 May 1876] and n. 3. An amoeba was considered to be a small mass of undifferentiated protoplasm. Foraminifera are unicellular marine protozoans; they are typically found near the bottom of the sea (Lipps et al. 2011). In his printed paper, Francis …
To Francis Darwin [12 October 1876]
Summary
Has seen notice on Empetrum but cannot understand how leaves in bud could act as fly-catchers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [12 Oct 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10641 |
To Francis Darwin 25 September [1876]
Summary
FD’s corrections for Orchids [1877] are all very good and useful.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 25 Sept [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10617 |
To Francis Darwin [July 1874 – September 1876]
Summary
Has had a nice stay with William, who is charming but rather languid and cannot read to himself.
Love to Amy [Darwin] and Mrs Ruck.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [July 1874–Sept 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9523A |
To Francis Darwin [11 October 1876]
Summary
Asks for reference to an article on a mandrill.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [11 Oct 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10638 |
To Francis Darwin [1 June 1876]
Summary
Comments on FD’s discovery – "if it so proves". It will be important to see whether the protoplasm oozes through the cell-walls [of Dipsacus] or whether it can be withdrawn.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [1 June 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10525 |
To Francis Darwin 2 October [1876]
Summary
Thanks FD for corrections [to Orchids (1877)].
Thinks Johann von Fischer’s paper on monkeys’ rumps [Der Zoologische Garten 17 (1876): 116–27, 174–9] worth translating, and he intends to write a letter on it to Nature [Collected papers 2: 207–11].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 2 Oct [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10629 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … DAR 211: 15 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Oct [1876] Francis Darwin …
- … To Francis Darwin 2 October [1876] …
- … fertilisation (see letter to Francis Darwin, 27 [September 1876] and n. 2). The common or …
- … Fischer 1876a ; letter to Francis Darwin, 20 September [1876] ). The paper on the Iltis ( …
- … in May (see letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 ). The book has not been identified, …
- … June 1876] and n. 2. The results were published in F. Darwin 1877b . CD had sent Francis a …
- … 1876, pp. 18–19, ‘Sexual selection in relation to monkeys’. On Francis’s experiments with the common or fuller’s teasel ( Dipsacus sylvestris , a synonym of D. fullonum ), see the letter from Francis Darwin, [ …
To Francis Darwin 20 September [1876]
Summary
Suggests German works worth translating.
Is glad FD is keeping busy; he has worked excellently on proof-sheets [of Orchids (1877)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 20 Sept [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10611 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … DAR 211: 11 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Sept [1876] Francis Darwin …
- … To Francis Darwin 20 September [1876] …
- … 1877b). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 September [1876] and n. 1. CD was correcting …
- … letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 September [1876] . CD’s heavily annotated copy …
- … see letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] ). Francis’s paper ‘On the protrusion of …
- … Francis had told Emma Darwin , ‘the love & care of Mrs Ruck & Atty are beautiful’ (quoted in the letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, [26 September 1876] ( …
- … 1876] and 15 September 1876 ). The articles CD recommended are ‘Aus dem Leben eines jungen Mandril ( Cynocephalus mormon ); seine Erkrankung und sein Tod’ (From the life of a young mandrill ( Cynocephalus mormon ); his illness and death; Fischer 1876a ), and ‘Beobachtungen über Kreuzungen verschiedener Farbenspielarten innerhalb einer Species’ (Observations on crosses of various colour types within a species; Fischer 1874b ). Henry Lawson was the editor of Popular Science Review . Francis’s wife, Amy Darwin , …
From Francis Darwin 2 May 1876
Summary
Has read letter from Jemmy. Amy has been practicing on the printing machine. Fritz has come back from the Vicar of Orpington.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 May 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10492F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin 2 May 1876 …
- … DAR 274.1: 23 Francis Darwin 2 May 1876 Down Charles Robert Darwin …
- … publications (see letter to Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] ). Jemmy was Horace Darwin’s …
- … the arrival of CD’s typewriter (see letter from Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] and n. 4). CD …
- … Edward Frankland (see letter from Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] and n. 2). Fritz was a dog …
- … 1876, Horace had sent George Howard Darwin a typewritten letter from London (DAR 258: 860), and he might have written to CD or Francis …
To Francis Darwin [1 May 1876]
Summary
Expresses his pride in FD, whose article ["On the structure of the snail’s heart", J. Anat. Physiol. 10 (1876): 506–10] was highly praised by G. H. Lewes.
Lewes has also been quoting FD’s letter in Nature [13 (1876): 384–5] on pycrotoxine in relation to the vivisection controversy.
Was introduced to James Sully, author of the article in Mind on Wilhelm Wundt ["Physiological psychology in Germany", 1 (1876): 20–43]
and Sensation and intuition (1874) [see 10320], by "Mrs Lewes" (George Eliot).
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [1 May 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10489A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 271.4: 5 Charles Robert Darwin [1 May 1876] Francis Darwin …
- … To Francis Darwin [1 May 1876] …
- … CD visited Lewes and Evans on 30 April 1876. Francis Darwin’s article ‘On the structure of …
- … Darwin 1876a ) had been published in April 1876; his letter on the use of pycrotoxine (now more commonly picrotoxin) in vivisection experiments in Nature , 16 March 1876, pp. 384–5. In the latter, Francis …
To Francis Darwin [28 September 1876]
Summary
Sends [unidentified] volume for FD.
Ferdinand Cohn is coming to Down.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [28 Sept 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10623 |
From Hermann Müller to Francis Darwin 16 February 1876
Summary
Sends Fritz Müller’s view that many of the pointed appendages on the tip of the maxilla of Vanessa atalanta are organs of feeling or taste.
Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 16 Feb 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 68: 159–60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10397 |
To Francis Darwin [30 April 1876]
Summary
CD has just had an interview with Edward Frankland, who "almost laughs" at FD’s idea of getting potash and soda out of the soil by treating it with sulphuric acid. Asks FD to send him a soil sample to give to Frankland. Sends enclosures giving address and labels for soil samples.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [30 Apr 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10485B |
To Francis Darwin 16 September [1876]
Summary
Forwards chapter [of Orchids (1877)] for correction.
Sadness at the death of Amy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 16 Sept [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10604 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … DAR 211: 10 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Sept [1876] Francis Darwin …
- … To Francis Darwin 16 September [1876] …
- … 1876 ); his family may have been moving some of his scientific equipment from Down Lodge, the home he and Amy had moved to after their marriage in 1874 ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1874). The note from Francis to Emma Darwin …
From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876]
Summary
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [29 May 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 58 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515I |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876] …
- … DAR 274.1: 58 Francis Darwin Down [29 May 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … relationship between this letter, the letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 , and the …
- … to CD (see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] ). His research was published in F. …
- … letter to Francis Darwin, 30 [May 1876] ; see n. 2, below. When Francis wrote to CD on …
- … Darwin, 27 May 1876 and n. 1). In May 1876, CD began preparing a second edition of Orchids (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)); he had evidently asked Francis …
- … 1876 and nn. 6 and 9). In his paper on the subject, Francis noted that in the early stages of the process of aggregation the aggregated masses were extremely motile but in a strongly aggregated condition the masses become motionless ( F. Darwin 1876b , p. 314; see also F. Darwin 1877b , p. 266). Francis …
- … Darwin, 27 May 1876 ). CD referred to the fly orchid as Ophrys muscifera (a synonym of O. insectifera subsp. insectifera ). ‘Cepalanthera’ is a mistake for ‘Cephalanthera’ (a genus of orchids); the musk orchid is Herminium monorchis . See Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 55–6, 59–62, 80–6. Francis …
From Francis Darwin [after 2 October 1876]
Summary
Sorry the corrections were so tedious, and offers to do revises.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 2 Oct 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10629F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after 2 October 1876] …
- … DAR 274.1: 40 Francis Darwin Pantlludw [after 2 Oct 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … II)). Julius von Wiesner (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. 7). …
- … letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . Francis sent corrections to …
- … to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] ). CD had suggested that Francis translate several …
- … 1876, pp. 18–19, ‘Sexual selection in relation to monkeys’; see letter to Francis Darwin, …
- … letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. 4). For Francis’s work on the teasel, …
From Francis Darwin [31 May 1876]
Summary
Has sent off Bulls Horn to Kew; has sent hamper to CD; is preparing drawings for his presentation at the Linnean Society; asks after William, and hopes to be able to come to visit.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [31 May 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10517F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [31 May 1876] …
- … DAR 274.1: 1 Francis Darwin [31 May 1876] Down Charles Robert Darwin …
- … insectivorous (see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] ). Francis was investigating …
- … at Hopedene (see letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 and n. 5). The weather on Sunday …
- … DAR 242)). Francis, possibly accompanied by Amy Darwin , came to Hopedene on 3 June 1876 ( …
- … 1876 on the glandular bodies on Acacia sphaerocephala and Cecropia peltata serving as food for ants ( F. Darwin 1876d ). He mentioned the bull-horn acacia (see n. 2, above) in ibid. , p. 408. Francis …
To Francis Darwin 27 [September 1876]
Summary
Sends last chapter of Orchids [1877] for revision.
Has some articles that might interest FD.
Has invited Ferdinand Cohn and his wife to Down but hopes they will not come.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 27 [Sept 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10621 |
To Francis Darwin 8 October [1876]
Summary
Sends an article for FD.
Is glad he is able to work on his teasel paper [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 26 (1878): 4–8]; suggests some observations FD could make.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 8 Oct [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10635 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … DAR 211: 16 Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 8 Oct [1876] Francis Darwin …
- … To Francis Darwin 8 October [1876] …
- … 1876] and n. 4. Francis was experimenting with protoplasmic filaments that protruded from gland-cells on leaves of the common teasel ( Dipsacus sylvestris , a synonym of D. fullonum ; see letter from Francis Darwin, [ …
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