To George Howard Darwin 24 January [1868]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 24 Jan [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5796 |
To G. H. Darwin [24 March 1868]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [24 Mar 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6044 |
From G. H. Darwin [27] March [1868]
Summary
Discusses law versus engineering and business as a career.
Supposes ARW will have "squashed" GHD’s criticisms of his notes on sterility.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [27] Mar [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6047 |
From G. H. Darwin 8 December 1868
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6495 |
To G. H. Darwin [9 December 1868]
Summary
Asks GHD to look in William Thomson’s book [W. Thomson and P. G. Tait, Treatise on natural philosophy, vol. 1 (1867)] to see how many million years ago Thomson says earth’s crust solidified. CD is troubled by "brevity of the world", because pre-Silurian creatures must have lived during endless ages "else my views wd be wrong, which is impossible – Q.E.D.".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [9 Dec 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6496 |
Document type
letter | (5) |
Author
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
Addressee
Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Darwin, G. H. | (5) |