RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Spencer, Principles of biology. CUL-DAR60.2.24. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).

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H. Spencer's Principle of Biology II. p. 354. (Nor 17) quotes Ransome about substances which check movement in protoplasm of ovules checking movement in animals— & I show in plants— where has Ransome published— I think in Phil. Transact—

Spencer, Herbert. 1867. First principles. 2d ed. London: Williams and Norgate. [signed][Darwin Library-Down] PDF


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