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Letter from Charles Darwin to W. W. Baxter, 9699
No full textDarwin orders two bottles of chlorodyne and bottles and corks of various sizes. Transcription: "To Mr Baxter [] [] Kent Please send 2 Bottles of Cholorvigne. Also 6 bottles with corks + wide mouths about as large as such bottles are sold with smelling-salts. Also 6 bottles of smaller size with wide mouths + corks C. Darwin Down Oct 27 1874 Postcard sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to A. H. Garrod [Alfred Henry Garrod], 9449
No full textDarwin writes to say that he regrets he cannot comply with request because of his work and poor health. Darwin is delighted to have seen correspondent’s “wonderful experiment” at Royal Society. Transcript: "May 9" c. 1874 Down, Beckenham, Kent. My dear Sir It would give me much pleasure to comply with your request, but I have so much to do + my health is so weak that I really cannot.- I make it a rule, which I rarely break, to stick to whatever I have in hand, + always resent whenever I break this rule. I was delighted at the chance of seeing your wonderful experiments at the Royal Sor. the other night.- Pray believe me yours very faithfully Ch. Darwin" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to D.F. Nevill [Dorothy Fanny Nevill], 9644
No full textDarwin writes to say he stupidly missed Utricularia bladders, which he assumed were with the leaves. Has now found true bladders on roots and has evidence of captive prey. Thinks bladders capture subterranean insects. Thinks the large bladder-like structures are water reservoirs. Nevill’s plant has given him a most enjoyable day of work. Transcription: "Sept 18" [1874] Down, Beckenham, Kent. Dear Lady Dorothy Neville I am so much obliged to you. I was so convinced that the bladders were with the leaves, that I never thought of [] the mop, + this was very stupid of me. The great solid bladder-like swelling almost on the surface are wonderful objects, but are not the true bladders. These I find on the roots near the surface + [] to a length of 2 inches in the sand. They are [] transparent as gloss, from 1/20 to 1/100 of inch in cise, + hollow. They hope all the important points of structure of the bladders of the floating English species, + I felt confident I shd find [] [] so I have my delights in two bladders with clear proof that they had absorbed foor from the decaying mass. For [] is a [] [] + not strictly carnivorous like []. The great solid bladder-like bodies, I believe are reserves of water like a camels' stomach. As soon as I have [] a few more observations, I mean to be so cruel as to give your plant no water + observe whether the [] bladders shrink + contain [] instead of water. I shall then, also, wash all each from all roots + see whether there are true bladders [] capturing subterranean insects down to the very bottom of the pot. Now shall you think me very greedy if I say that suffering the species is not very [] + you have several, will you give me one more plant, + if so please to send it to "Orpington "It" S.E.R." to be forwarded "by []". I have hardly ever enjoyed a day more in my life than this days' work; + this I owe to your Ladyship's great kindness. The seeds are my [] Masters; I fancy of some plant allied to Madicaps; but I will show them to Dr. Hooker. Your ladyship very gratefully Ch. Darwin" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Miscellaneous, 1874-1956
No full text30 typed and handwritten letters between Charles F., Sr., and various other persons. Including: Unfinished letter from Charles F., Sr. written in 1874; letter including A. Kayser's Kayser process written to Brush in 1893; letter and price sheets written to Brush in 1894 from W. J. Rattle regarding laboratory work Rattle performed; letter from R. E. Burdich to Brush in 1896 regarding polishing aluminum and aluminum diamonds; letter from John A. Brashear to Brush in 1897 regarding shipping of and instructions for Brush's spectrometer; letter from Willyoung and Gibson Company to Brush in 1904 regarding Coil and Interruptor apparatus; 2 letters from Joseph Carabelli to Brush in 1907 regarding plans for new steps, including 2 blueprints of the plans; 2 letters from James McDowell to Brush in 1908 regarding parallel planes index and prism Brush ordered; Yale News in 1921 requesting further information on Brush's gravitation experiments and opposition to Einstein which Brush responded to; letter from L. L. Bush to Brush in 1921 requesting Brush's gravitation papers; letter from brush to Harold Potter in 1922 regarding Brush's pendulum experiments and an article Potter wrote about them; 2 letters with responses from Linda Eastman of Cleveland Public Library in 1925 requesting Brush's gravitation papers and patent information; letter from Robert Lindsay in 1926 regarding opening of Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company Avon plant opening; letter from The Iron Age regarding article about Brush at Avon plant opening; letter and response from Iron Trade Review in 1927 regarding personal sketch of Brush in the magazine; letter to Brush from Ira M. Freeman in 1928 with thoughts on generation of heat Brush observed in free fall experiments; letter from and response to Francis Jehl in 1928 requesting photograph of early Brush carbons; letter from J. K. M. Roberts in 1930 requesting Brush's gravity papers; letter from A. Schwope to Charles Sawyer and response in 1956 regarding letter from John Stockman Schwope found while cleaning Brush's darkroom.Charles F. Brush, Sr., PapersSeries 1: CorrespondenceSubseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)Box 5Folder
Letter from Charles Darwin to secretary of Royal Society, 9329
No full textDarwin writes that a certificate for admission [of Robert Swinhoe] to Royal Society with many signatures has been lost by the Post Office. Asks for another so he can get the signatures anew. Transcription: "March 2nd Down, Beckenham, Kent. My dear Sir A form of certificate for admission to Royal Sor. to which I had got a lot of signatures has been lost by the Post-office, + I must get to work again to get all the signatures anew! Will you though be so good as to send me by return of Post a new certificate, + kindly inform me the latest date at which they can be suspended this year. yours sincerely Ch. Darwin" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, England.The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to D.F. Nevill [Dorothy Fanny Nevill], 9634
No full textDarwin has never before seen the Utricularia Neville has sent. Hooker had told him about it. Asks that her gardener observe young Utricularia. Darwin is interested in internal structure of little balls on bladders. Also sends photograph [not included]. Transcription: "Sept. 12" [.1874] Down, Beckenham, Kent. Dear Lady Dorothy Neville I have never seen the [] of which Dr. Hooker told me + which I am nearly sure is the one which you have so very kindly sent me; + therefore I do not know what the bladders are like. From analogy I suppose that they are little globular bodies borne on separate footstalks. All that I can see on the young plant sent to me, are slight swellings in the footstalks of the leaves. Dr. Hooker will be here in a fortnight, + then I will consult him. It would be a very great kindness if you would tell your head gardener to look at the young plants, as they grow a little taller + observe whether any little balls or bladders are produced on little short footstalks, + if so let me see the plants. Whether with my indifferent means + ignorant gardener I shall succeed in growing the [], I know not. I have much pleasure in enclosing my photograph. Your Siamese cat must be a vy curious animal. Pray believe me your ladyship Most truly obliged Ch. Darwin P.S. I shd guess that the 10-celled bladders on your [] wd be about as big as one or two pin's head, + carried on a short" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to Edward Nicholson, 9607
No full textDarwin thanks Nicholson for his book [Indian snakes, 2d ed. (1874)]. Darwin is pleased that it calls attention to gradation in the character of snake poison. Transcription: "Aug. 26 1874 Down, Beckenham, Kent. Dear Sir On my return home after a month's holidays I found your work on [] [], which you have been so very kind as to send me. I am most pleased to observe that you have pointedly called attention to gradation of character with respect to the [] of []. This subject has long interested me, + I have received an account from S. Africa, which makes me believe that the saliva of some of the non-venomous species there causes much imitation, but the account was not definite enough for publication. I have no doubt that your work will be highly serviceable in many ways, + with my renewed thanks remain Dear Sir yours faithfully Ch. Darwin E. Nicholson Army Medical Department Bangalore India" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, England. Envelope included.The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to D. F. [Dorothy Fanny] Nevill, 9632
No full textDarwin returns a Drosera, from which he cut a piece for microscopic examination. Utricularia montana just arrived. Transcription: "The Lady Dorothy Nevill Dangstein Petersfield. Sept 11th Down, Beckenham, Kent Dear Lady Dorothy Nevill I send this afternoon the [] to the [] packed up as carefully as we can, + I sincerely hope it may reach you safely. It has interested me in a high degree + differs in one important respect from any other species which I have seen. I hope that you will not consider me [] when I tell you that I [] off for [] examination, one lead in fact, one [] lead, + a portion of two old leaves. But I cut them from the middle so that they will hardly be verified. I beg leave to remain your ladyship Most truly obliged Charles Darwin" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, England. Envelope included.The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
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Letter from Charles Darwin to A. W. Bennett, 8898
No full textDarwin recommends H. Müller’s Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873) Transcription: " A.W. Bennett Esq 3. Park Village East Regent Park London N.W. If you have not already seen, D.H. Muller Die Befunckling die [] []" Leipzig 1873 is evident [], I think it shd be worth your []. [] May 5" 1873 C. Darwin" Postcard sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript