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Show moreNote from Charles Darwin which reads "a big bottle of distilled water 2 oz of [] spirits. Please fill Bottle with same [perfume?] 10th C. Darwin"
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Show moreLetter from Charles Darwin to unknown. Letter shows appreciation for a copy of a translation of his 'Variation under domestication'. Letter marked Dec 20. FG117- $150.00 Transcription: "Dec. 20th F6117 $150.00 Down, Beckenham, Kent. Dear Sir I am very much obliged for the copy of the beautifully got translation of my variation [under?] Domestication, received a few days ago; + for your present of this admirable work on a microscopical [] of [works?]. Dear Sir yours very faithfully Ch. Darwin" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent.
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Show moreFragment of a letter from Charles Darwin to unknown, about paleontology. Transcription: "Little light which I have attempted to [thaw?] as the subject in Chapt. IX. But to respect if my views are in the main (including no doubt much error) right them [] shall [] have to give up our first + natural [] that paleontology gives a fair picture of the forms which have perplexed this earth. We shall have to look at all our paleontological colections as a mere chance gathering of a few forms. Therefore I fully admit that the almost universally [] opinion of one large class facts in geology is diametrically opposed to such views as mine. This part of geology does not [] also support me. On the contrary if the views of Nat. Selections is in main connect, geological view portion of a letter from Charles Darwin, [] leather of the "The Origin of Species."
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Show moreFoolscap sheet, botanical notes, written by Charles Darwin Transcription: "The following members refer to Watsons "Aliens," or plants "how more or less established but either presumed or certainly known to have been originally introduced." [N.B The "Colonists" or weeds for cultivated ground are not here included.] Aliens. The denominator whos total number of "Aliens" in Gt. Britain. The numerator the number of cruciform Aliens. In Gt. Britain, excluding "Aliens" Cruciform 12/92 = 1/7.6 55/1238 = 1/22 Legurinosa 5/92 = 1/18.4 61/1238 = 1/20 Umbollifera 4/92 = 1/23 54/1238 = 1/22 Compurita 10/92 = 1/9.2 117/1238 = 1/10 Laninea 5/92 = 1/18.4 102/1238 = 1/12 [] 3/92 = 1/30 51/1238 = 1/24 Lamiacea 3/92 = 1/30 43/1239 = 1/28"
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Show moreManuscript pages from Vegetable Mould and Earthworms (p. 292, 1.2 to p. 293, 1.3 in 1881 edition). Text revised slightly in published edition. Transcription: "c. 1880 Charles Darwin period as 2000 years a great amount of Earth will have been brought to the surgace on most old embankments of tunnels, especially on [], + most of this Earth will have been washed away. We may, therefore, conclude that all such ancient works, when not formed of [] materials, will have been [] [] in the course of centuries, although their inclination may not have been greatly []. Fields [] ploughed - From a vy remote perioud + in many countries land has often been ploughed, so the [], called [] or [], usually about 8 ft across, + [] by furrows, have been thrown up. [] so as to carry off the surgace water. In my attempts to ascertain how long the [] + furrows last, after [] land has been [] in [], obstacles of many kinds were encountered. It is rarely known when a field was last ploughed; + some fields which were thought to have been in [] for time immemorial were afterwards found to have been ploughed only 50 or 60 years before. [] the easy fast embankment or tumulus 2000 years old would if it were not removed have raised about 200 times through the intestines of [], + thus have been brought to the surface. As on each occasiona the castings in their soft condition would be eminently liable to be washed to a lower level, it is impossible to doubt that all ancient embankments and tumuli must in the course of centuries have been somewhat lowered though their slopes may not be greatly altered."
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