CUL-DAR195.4.3    Note:    1867.03.09--1867.05.02   Distant & near objects viewed   Text   Image

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [3] Distant near objects viewed. March 9./67/ Watched in room G. Tollet, Henrietta looking at microscopical distant object, but there was only occasional slight frown very slight wrinkling of lower eyelid, (as in reverse) ─ Emma being short-sighted squinned eyes much in cooking, but Harry W. did only slightly at distant objects. ─ Drawing eyelids into slit improved his vision of distant object wonderfully. (April 14' Saw George Frank lift [illeg] up

CUL-DAR195.4.14    Note:    1867.12.11   In retching (just proved by Emma) in choking & (yawning?) eyes violently   Text   Image

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [14] Dec 11./67/ In retching (just proved by Emma) in choking (yawning (?) eyes intently closed tears come with no emotion of mind. I find some tears in my eyes after yawning. Does pressure on eyelids like a blow with a switch or pungent vapour cause by reflex action rapid secretion of tears ─ I doubt because voluntary very hard closing, or pressure does not cause tears ─ Can the gland be compressed by any muscles when acting spasmodically, which are

CUL-DAR157.19    Draft:    [1868--1870]   Draft of Descent, "Ch I" p. 20, Paragraph concerning Rengger   Text   Image

will give [In the hand of Emma Darwin:] one case with respect to dogs, as it rests on two distinct observers, can hardly depend on the modification of any instinct. Mr Colquhoun *(10) winged two wild-ducks, which fell on the opposite side of a stream; his retriever tried, but could no

CUL-DAR195.4.19    Note:    1868.04.30   I have been making Huxley children shut eyes violently several times   Text   Image

Emma hardly contracted at all her lip-muscle when she shuts her eye violently. ─ Make my Boys do this. ─ If I shut my eyes violently with mouth shut then contract upper lip-muscles, I can feel the pressure on eye [illeg].─ I feel which upper lip move wings of nostrils drawn up. ─ (I also observed Lenny H. Etty with mouth a little opened certainly the upper lip was drawn up, so that certainly a deep oblique furrow was formed, obliquely from alæ of nose: I do not know whether the contraction of

CUL-DAR63-65    Note:    1870--1882   [Notes on worms for Earthworms, including (1) castings; (2) furrows & ploughed land; (3) experiments at different locales etc.]   Text   Image

Music July 31. — 2d Pot — (2 worms out) on Pianoforte — Emma struck C. below middle C. both dashed into holes — Both dashed in when G. above the line was struck. [insertion:] C in the bass clef Aug 1 one dashed in at very high rate — the other at C in the treble clef, neither above nor below the line — Played various tremendous, Pot on table near Pianoforte — not the least effect — Aug 31 Loudest deepest notes of Bassoon no effect [CUL-DAR64.1.26-27_001

UCL-PEARSON-10.3    Draft:    [1868--1870]   Draft of Descent, chap. 1 folio 16, chap. 5 folio 1, chap. 6 folios 1-2.   Text   Image

, without blending, is usually allowed accepted as a proof either of some degree of mutual sterility, or in the case of animals of some repugnance to mutual pairing.) [In the hand of Emma Darwin, with corrections by Darwin:] Independently of the effects of blending from intercrossing, the complete absence in a well-investigated region of varieties which link together any two closely-allied forms, is probably the most important of all the criterions of their specific distinctness; this is a somewhat

CUL-DAR226.1.30-31    Printed:    1870.09.17   Mr Darwin and his work `Christian Union': 162-163 [4 cut cols]   Text   Image   PDF

1839 Mr. Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and shortly after took up his residence at Down, near Farnborough, in Kent. Here he has devoted himself to his favorite studies and to the care of a large family. His health was profoundly shattered during his protracted sea-voyage, from the effects of which he never recovered; and although his labors for the last thirty years are altogether remarkable in their extent and thoroughness they have been performed under the disadvantages of much

A367    Periodical contribution:     Rømer, C. 1871. Charles Darwin I - II. Illustreret Tidende: 341-343.   Text   Image

den ved de af Dar-win hjembragte, storartede Samlingerog ved hans rige Reiseiagttagelserog Optegnelser er bleven en af devigtigste, der er foretaget i Viden-skabens Tjeneste. Efter Hjemkom-sten tog han til London og forblevÅer i tre Aar, beskæftiget med atordne sine Naturaliesamlinger ogredigere sine Reisedagbøger. FraLondon tog han til Maer Hall iStaffordshire til sin Morbroder, enSøn af den bekjendto Fajancefabri-kant, Josiah Wedgwood, og giftedesig under dette Ophold med sinCousine Emma

F2086    Book contribution:     Brace, Charles Loring. 1872. [Recollections and letter of Darwin]. In Brace, Emma ed. 1894. The Life of Charles Loring Brace. New York: Scribner's, pp. 319-22; 376-7.   Text

Brace, Charles Loring. 1872. [Recollections and letter of Darwin]. In Brace, Emma ed. 1894. The Life of Charles Loring Brace. New York: Scribner's, pp. 319-22; 376-7. [page] 319 To a Friend. Down, Bromley, Kent, July 12, 1872. My dear J — I am at Mr. Darwin's with Mrs. Brace for the night. It is a country to delight R.'s heart. Green, thick hedges, narrow, shaded lanes, [page] 32

CUL-DAR55.33-68    Note:    1873.06.00--1873.07.00   [Drosera continued] [application of olive oil, atropine, valerianate of   Text   Image

[Also in the hand of Emma Darwin] Temp. (2) July 21. 1873 (2) Put in at 110° raised to 120°; inflection began immediately, continued; every tent. except 1 inflected; 8°. 40— put in the C. of. A. 4 gr. to 1 oz 8. 50 glands intensely black. 10. 40 ie 2h plenty of seg. (3) Put in at 120°, large but young leaf in 2' or 3' — consid. inflect; tents became vertical whilst kept in water did not become more inflected; 9˚. 45 put in C. of Am. 10. 40 glands intensely black, 55m plenty of seg.; 2. 45 ie

CUL-DAR56.91-106    Note:    [1873].10.03--[1873].10.12   Drosera rotundifolia [application of urine, water, nitric acid, carbonate   Text   Image

Oct. 9th — Cold day Segregation Excellent fresh pale leaf carefully examined in water with 2/3 O.G. weak eye p (Whole leaf) C. pink in stems uniform no spheres at base of Head— Heads maroon not broken. — Put in Sol. of Carb of ammonia. 1 gr to 12 oz at 9˚. 30 (error) at 10. 35. Emma self thought Heads redder more transparent— internal structure more visible— base of head greener. In one or two hairs alone a few spheres (With stronger eye-piece I can see cells in many) 11˚ spheres plainer 11

BROM-P.123.25.3.1.1    Correspondence:   Darwin Emma née Wedgwood, Ffinden  1873.11.22   Darwin Emma née Wedgwood, Ffinden   Text   Image

to the school Board for permission to use the school room for that purpose. My application would also have much greater weight if you were inclined to join in the request. We should of course have to pay a woman to put the schoolroom in [2] complete order every morning before the school assembles. With kind regards to Mrs Ffinden very truly yours Emma Darwi

F2106    Periodical contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1970. [Recollection of and letters to de Vries]. In Peter W. van der Pas. The correspondence of Hugo de Vries and Charles Darwin. Janus 57: 173-213.   Text

Willem Hendrik DE VRIESE (1807 1862) was a professor of botany at the university of Leiden; he was no relation to Hugo DE VRIES; the family name is different. The house in Dorking, where Charles DARWIN was staying, and where Hugo DE VRIES visited him a few days later, was Abinger Hall; it belonged to Sir Thomas H. FARRER. FARRER was a brother in law of Charles DARWIN; he married Ephemia WEDGWOOD, who was the sister of DARWIN'S wife Emma, in 1873. 22). FARRER was associated for a long time with

CUL-DAR26.1-121    Draft:    [1876--1882.04.00]   'Recollections of the development of my mind and character' [autobiography] author's fair copy   Text   Image

marriage, Jan. 29th, 1839, residence in Upper Gower Street to our leaving London settling at Down, Sep. 14th, 1842 You all know well your Mother, what a good Mother she has ever been to all of you. She has been my greatest blessing, I can declare that in my whole life I have never heard her utter one word which I had rather have been unsaid. 1 Added later. Emma Darwin wrote asked Frank to omit this sentence when he was editing the Autobiography in 1885. The letter is as follows: — Emma Darwin to

F174    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1876. Rejse om Jorden. Populære Skildringer. Translated by Emil Chr. Hansen and Alfred Jørgensen. Copenhagen: Salmonsen.   Text   Image   PDF

rste Aar efter sin Hjemkomst levede han i London, hvor han ordnede sine s rdeles righoldige Naturalie-Samlinger og redigerede Dagb gerne fra Rejsen, medens han paa samme Tid var et virksomt Medlem af det geologiske Selskab, hvis res-Sekret r han tillige var. Dern st begav han sig til Maer Hall i Staffordshire, hvor hans Morbroder boede; denne var en S n af den i England almindelig be-kjendte Fabrikant Josiah Wedgwood. Her gtede Darwin i Aaret 1839 sin Kusine Emma Wedgwood. Frugten af dette

CUL-DAR271.8.1    Correspondence:   Darwin Emma née Wedgwood, Francis Darwin  [1877--1885]   55 letters from Emma Darwin to Francis Darwin   Text   Image

Emma Cecilia (Ida) who later married Horace on 3 January 1880.] [23av

CUL-DAR138.5.1    Printed:    1877.02.19   TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DOWN FRIENDLY CLUB.   Text   Image

. Freeman commented in his bibliography: After the Friendly Societies Act of 1875 (38 39 Vict. Ch. 60), and an amending Act of 1876 (39 40 Vict. Ch. 22), under which the Downe Club would have been placed in Class 5 'Local Village and Country Societies', there seems to have been dissatisfaction; some members wanted to disband and share out the proceeds. The leaflet was distributed to members, in February 1877, to dissuade them, successfully, from this course. Emma Darwin (Vol. II, p. 237) wrote to

EH88207200    Printed:    1877.02.19   To the Members of the Down Friendly Club...from the treasurer Charles Darwin, Down February 19th 1877   Text

. Freeman commented in his bibliography: After the Friendly Societies Act of 1875 (38 39 Vict. Ch. 60), and an amending Act of 1876 (39 40 Vict. Ch. 22), under which the Downe Club would have been placed in Class 5 'Local Village and Country Societies', there seems to have been dissatisfaction; some members wanted to disband and share out the proceeds. The leaflet was distributed to members, in February 1877, to dissuade them, successfully, from this course. Emma Darwin (Vol. II, p. 237) wrote to

F1996    Periodical contribution:     Mr. Darwin at Down. In [Yates, Edmund Hodgson]. 1878. Celebrities at Home. Reprinted from 'The World'. Second series. London: Office of 'The World': 223-30.   Text   Image   PDF

whole of his life he has been in easy circumstances, above the toil of earning an income. Unlike many philosophers, he has not had the mortification of spending his best hours in the drudgery of official routine, or the hardly less wearisome task of teaching. He has been enabled to devote his entire time to his favourite pursuits, and since his marriage with his cousin, Miss Emma Wedgwood, has resided at Down, amid the rich and [page] 22

F1251    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1878. The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. 2d ed. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

Cradle of the Blue Nile; a Journey through Abyssinia and Soudan, and a Residence at the Court of King John of Ethiopia. Map and Illustrations. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 21s. DENNIS (GEORGE). The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria. A new Edition, revised, recording all the latest Discoveries. With 20 Plans and 200 Illustrations. 2 vols. Medium 8vo. 42s. DENT (EMMA). Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley. With 120 Portraits, Places and Woodcuts. 4to. 42s. DERBY (EARL OF). Iliad of Homer rendered into English

PC-Virginia-Erasmus-F1319    Printed:    1879--1880   Preliminary notice. In Krause, E., Erasmus Darwin. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin  London   Text   Image   PDF

that Violetta and I begged of him to sit down, which he did, and leaned his head upon his hand .... he was exceedingly agitated, and did not speak for many minutes. His first words were, 'I beg you will not, any of you, ask to see your poor brother's corpse; ' and upon our assuring him that we had not the least wish to do so, he soon after said that this was the greatest shock he had felt since the death of his poor Charles. Emma then asserts that Miss Seward's other statements are utterly

F1319    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1879. Preliminary notice. In Krause, E., Erasmus Darwin. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

merely on a report at a distant place, without any inquiry having been made from a single person who could have really known what happened. On the day after the death of his son (Dec. 30th, 1799), in a letter to my father, he says: I write in great anguish of mind to acquaint you with a dreadful event your poor brother Erasmus fell into the water last night at the bottom of his garden, and was drowned. His daughter Emma, who was with him when the news was brought to him that the body had been at

PC-Virginia-Erasmus-F1319    Printed:    1879--1880   Preliminary notice. In Krause, E., Erasmus Darwin. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin  London   Text   Image   PDF

merely on a report at a distant place, without any inquiry having been made from a single person who could have really known what happened. On the day after the death of his son (Dec. 30th, 1799), in a letter to my father, he says: I write in great anguish of mind to acquaint you with a dreadful event your poor brother Erasmus fell into the water last night at the bottom of his garden, and was drowned. His daughter Emma, who was with him when the news was brought to him that the body had been at

CWRU-StecherWormsMS    Draft:    [1880--1881]   Draft leaves of Earthworms, folios 54   Text   Image

[verso in the hand of Emma Darwin with corrections by Darwin] 54 Ch IV embankment or tumulus 2000 years old would if none of it were not removed have passed would be brought to the sur about 200 times with the kind through the intestines of worms, thus have been brought to the surface. As on each set of occasion 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

F1323    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1880. Erasmus Darwin und seine Stellung in der Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie von Ernst Krause. Mit seinem Lebens- und Charakterbilde von Charles Darwin. Leipzig: E. Günther.   Text   Image   PDF

verlangt und zuerst sie, dann seine Tochter Emma auigcfordert habe, ihm mur Ader zu lassen; die Antworten giebt sic in Anfuhrtngszeichcn. Dio ganze Er-Zählung ist cinfach eine Erfindung, denn er beauftragto ausdrücklich seinen Diener, Mrs. Danvin nicht zu rufen, was aber nicht befotgt wurde, als der Diener sah, wio tibcl os mit ihm stand; seine Tochter war aber nicht einmal zugegon. Sogar sein Alter zur Zeit seines Todes giebt sic unrichtig an. Auch ist es einleuchtend, dass die in dem Bûche