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Letter from Charles Darwin to Unknown, 9163
No full textWill not require assistance of correspondent’s cousin in correcting his MS [2d ed. of Descent]. His son [George] will undertake it. Letter from Down, Beckenham, Kent Transcription: "Nov. 28" c.1874 My dear Sir You will remember my consulting you about some one to correct my M.S. + you recommending your []. When I got him, I thought of my second son, who is quite capable of undertaking the work + would like to do 10, 10 [] I shall have no occasion to ask for the [] of your []. Pray excuse the [] + [] yours vy faithfully Ch. Darwin"The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Patents. 1872-1879
No full textTwo patents with illustrations and typed descriptions, the first being patent 123,148 for improvements in lock nuts issued January 30, 1872, the second being patent 8,718 for improvements in electric lamps issued May 20, 1879Charles F. Brush, Sr., PapersSeries 3: Patents (1872-1888)Box 9Folder
Letter from Charles Darwin to John Lubbock, 8283
No full textDarwin encloses a statement and circular he has been asked to send to Lubbock. Transcription: " Ap. 8. Down, Beckenham, Kent Dear Lubbock lady Lubbock has been so good as to return to us the enclosed + has given me your address. I have been asked to send it to you. As you perhaps will not have a large envelope with you, I enclose one addressed, + I shd be obliged if you will post the statemend of my circular. 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 Francis Galton, 8296
No full textDarwin encourages Galton to carry out investigation [of spiritualism]. However, his own health is too uncertain to accept Daniel Dunglas Home’s offer. Discusses possibility of reproducing Crookes’s apparatus for sale. Transcription: "Ap. 21st c1870 Down, Beckenham, Kent. My dear Galton I have considered your proposition well. It seems to me highly desirable that the subject ch be [], + thiat it is a sort of duty in [] one who can do so to aid. I have consulted my wife, + she thinks even more strongly than I do, that it wd be impossible for me. It is my case that I can canvass with anyone + be in any way excited for an hour: my [] then [] to [] + all power of attention then is lost. I am, also, so often too unwell to go out, that I shd frequently break any appointment. Moreover, odd as it may seem, as extreme desire to be well on any particular day, or rather evening, is vy apt to make me bad. I regret it much, but I dare not accept Mr. [] remarkably liberal offer. Do not give up yourself. Can you not get some man known for physical science to join you? If Mr. [] succeeds in making his [], + can get some [] maker to sell it, then [] could be one + try for himself- This would settle the question at once, whether any power does [] out of the human body of certain [] individuals. This wd undoubtedly be a vy grand discovery. With very sincere thanks for your letter yours vy truly Ch. Darwin I regret my decision deeple, but I am sure it is unavoidable. Only those who live with me can know how strange + [] I am in health. I never pass 24 hours, without fainting several times, where I can do nothing whatever. Not even read a line." Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to W. W. Baxter, 8523
No full textDarwin orders sulphuric ether, nitric ether, chloroform, and prussic acid [for Drosera experiments? See Insectivorous plants, pp. 209, 219]. Transcription: "Please send me about 1/2 oz of [] [] + about 1/2 oz of [] [], both as pure as possible, for experimental purposes, in bottles with corks, as I shall use them immediately C. Darwin Down Sept 17th c1861-2 Please turn over also about a [] od chloroform (I have [] and [] but it has been kept long + I am afraid of its purity) also about a [] of [] Acid of [] (please mark proportion of [] acid to water on label) also 20 or 30 drops of pure, concentrated [] acid. C.D. Vanilla Lubbock 6 60eva TUrn over" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to Francis Galton, 8258
No full textDarwin comments on Galton’s description of a séance at the house of William Crookes and will use Galton’s words about [H. M. Butler's] hereditary habit [in Expression, p. 33 n. 8]. Transcription: "March 29" c1874 Down, Beckenham, Kent. My dear Galton I think that I have never been more interested in my life than by your letter, It takes one's breath away, + I am much more inclined to believe in some wonderful force from your account than if I had been myself a witness. The case of the needle in the vacuum (which I will not mention) is incomparably in my opinion the most important. I hope that Mr. [] will stick to this + work it out, + that you may continue to be a witness with, as you sat, eyes + eyes vy open. It is rather dreadful to think what we may have to believe. Very many thanks about the case of inheritance. I cannot do better than give your own words. If I do not hear to the [] I with insert "female" in passage about the 3? generation I thank you most heartily for your letter yours vy sincerely Ch. Darwin" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Charles F. Brush, Sr. Papers: Series 03: Patents
No full textWithin this series are two volumes, which contain 68 printed patent specifications of Brush inventions involving the arc light, dynamo, and storage battery systems. Related to Brush’s inventions are a small amount of financial records, ca. 1880s, from the Brush Electric Company.Charles F. Brush, Sr., Paper
Letter from Charles Darwin to A. R. Wallace [Alfred Russel Wallace], 8677
No full textDarwin writes to say that he will be in London for a week and invites Wallace to lunch. Transcription: "Dec 14th c1874 Down, Beckenham, Kent. My dear Wallace We go today to "6. Queen Anne Bl Tw." for one week. If you chance to be in London during the week, + have time to spare, will you come + lunch with us, at the outlook. It wd be a great pleasure to see you. Ever yours sincerely Ch. Darwin P.S. I have had a deal of ill-health of late + had to put off starting for London." Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to G. Grove, 7870
No full textDarwin writes that the cat exhibition might provide information on unusual breeds of cats and their inheritance. He also expresses interest in deafness of white, blue-eyed cats. Transcription: "July 17" Down, Beckenham, Kent. My dear Sir With every wish to offer any assistance, I really know but what to suggest. I believe that you do encourage the exhibition of any breed from outlandish countries. I have heard of a curious breed [] short time from some part of Africa + odd-coloured breeds in the [] Island of the Pacific. A considerable number of persons have felt a strong interest in the odd case of [], to which I first called public attention, fis the entirely white cat with [] eyes are draft. if one eye always is blue the ear on the same side is deaf. Mr. [] has lately published a statement that this holds good only with male cats. Possibly you might make a [] class for "white cats of any breed, with both eyes or one alone blue" offer a [] for the best; though Heaven knkow which shd be called best. You might request a statement whether it is known that they are deaf; + the sexes [] by [] when the cats are sent. This would really be a curious [] + wd without some considerable number of people. I wish I could anything else + []. yours vy faithfully Ch. Darwin The hereditary character of the 6-toed cats would be worth []." Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Letter from Charles Darwin to John Brodie Innes [7455]
No full textDarwin writes to Innes about parish matters, and to say that his health has been poor. Darwin continues to say that Innes last letter was appreciated, as well as his expression of friendship towards Darwin. Transcription: "Jan 26, 1870 Beckenham My Dear Innes, I have had two [thus] bad days + am [shaken] + most by my briefs; [he] I can't delay thanking you heartily for all your truth. I will keep all your [letters?] for a few weeks + then return them. I have not heard from my [indicator], as he cannot have heard from me? [Horman] A L.C. with whom my confidence is [waning], tell him he is [convinced?] that He could have no case, as it makes all the difference, what is said and my [] in the same Parish in which [] [serves?], + I cannot [remember?] that I even [] to [many] names not of this Parish. I read your letter aloud to my [], + they all laughed heartily, but it also [] often + higher feelings, [by] all of us with respect to you. By the way [] exclaimed (+ I can assure you, he is the deepest critic I know in the world) "how unjust he is about his own [], why thy ideas he only [] I have heard in my life, to the whole of which I always listened." I believe her words "I could not help listening to." you are a [] [] man to tell your clerical friends that you [are] a friend to me. I read to the day an item of a Scotch [] who said "[] but [] pray for the poor [], -for he has no friends"- or can reach words The application is evident. Ever yours most sincerely C. Darwin" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England.The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript