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Fruit preserving Gardeners Chron 53/ p. 244.— Lovejoy 1853. See The Complete Library of Charles Darwin. Fortune R. Esq Gilston R. Brompton Robert Fortune (1813-1880), botanist who travelled in China. Falconer 31 Sackville St N. W.— 21 Park Crescent Hugh Falconer (1808-1865), palaeontologist and botanist. Forbes D. 7 Calthorpe St Birmingham —— 11 York Place, Portman Sqr W David Forbes (1828-1876), geologist and mining engineer. Brother of Edward Forbes. Ford, G. H. 34 Hatton Garden Holborn 29
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[Notes on worms for Earthworms, including (1) castings; (2) furrows & ploughed land; (3) experiments at different locales etc.]
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— In thick silex in 2 states, in one soluble in plain water; so that water alone has more power of disintegration than wd be expected — Many angular fragments of chalk are rounded owing to point being over exposed on each sides to the action of moisture. Says he has seen on mountain of Norway Hemline wrinkles, where there are no sheep. [in margin:] On disintegration of rocks [David Forbes (1828-1876) was a mineralogist and geologist. This records a conversation during Darwin's stay in London in
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CUL-DAR63.34
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Worms / Dr Forbes says he has good reason for believing that changes of
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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online 34 Feb 22/72 Worms Dr Forbes says he has good reason for believing that changes of temperature not only the sun even deep down, owing to percolation of water has important influence of disintegration. — Water with carb acid not only removes matter, but combine form new minerals (not yet published) exerts purpose by expansion. Agrees about frost Tropics — Agrees that fragment in bath of water carbonic acid more acted on the freely exposed rocks
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F1357
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Darwin, C. R. 1881. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. London: John Murray.
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David Forbes who had made many analyses, only from 1 to 2 per cent, of earthy matter; and two samples from pits near my house con- [page] 30
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F1361
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Darwin, C. R. 1881. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. fifth thousand (corrected), and with textual changes. London: John Murray.
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David Forbes who had made many analyses, only from 1 to 2 per cent. of earthy matter; and two samples from pits near my house con- [page] 30
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F1362
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Darwin, C. R. 1882. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. 6th thousand (corrected). London: John Murray.
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, as I was informed by the late David Forbes who had made many analyses, only from 1 to 2 per cent, of earthy matter; and two samples from pits near my house con [page] 30
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F1364
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Darwin, C. R. 1882. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. Seventh thousand. Corrected by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray.
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David Forbes who had made many analyses, only from 1 to 2 per cent. of earthy matter; and two samples from pits near my house con- [page] 30
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F1404
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Darwin, C. R. 1882. Die Bildung der Ackererde durch die Thätigkeit der Würmer. Translated by J. V. Carus. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Ch. Darwin's gesammelte Werke. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von J. Victor Carus. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe, vol. 14, part 1.
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den Seiten der Boschungen in der NII.be von Abinger in Surrey ergab etwas Kreide dicht unter einer Schicht Feuersteine von 2 Zoll Machtigkeit und be deckt von einer 8 Zoll dicken Humusschicht 3,7 Procent erdiger Sub stanz. Auf der anderen Seite enthalt eigentlich die obere Kreide, wie mir der verstorbene DAVID FORBES mittheilte, welcher viele Analysen angestellt hat, nur von 1 bis 2 Procent erdiger Substanz; und zwei Proben aus Gruben in der Nahe meines Hauses enthielten 1,3 und 0,6 Procent. Ich
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F1452.2
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Darwin, Francis ed. 1887. The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. vol. 2. London: John Murray.
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three 'Atlantic' articles as a pamphlet, and send 250 copies to England, for which I intend to pay half the cost of the whole edition, and shall give away, and try to sell by getting a few advertisements put in, and if possible notices in Periodicals. David Forbes has been carefully working the Geology of Chile, and as I value praise for accurate observation far higher than for any other quality, forgive (if you can) the insufferable vanity of my copying the last sentence in his note: I regard
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Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem. Volume 2.
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og s ge at s lge resten ved at faa ind i aviserne nogle avertissementer, og om muligt endel notiser i tidsskrifter .... David Forbes har bearbeidet Chiles geologi med stor omhu; da jeg [page] 41
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Darwin, Francis ed. 1892. Charles Darwin: his life told in an autobiographical chapter, and in a selected series of his published letters [abridged edition]. London: John Murray.
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digging out synonyms, and of describing, not only improved his methods but opened his eyes to the difficulties and merits of the works of the dullest of cataloguers. One result was that he would never allow a * This refers to the third and last of his geological books, Geological Observation on South America, which was published in 1846. A sentence from a letter of Dec. 1, 1860, may be quoted here David Forbes has been carefully working the Geology of Chile, and as I value praise for accurate
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Periodical contribution:
de Beer, Gavin ed. 1959. Some unpublished letters of Charles Darwin. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 14: 12-66.
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DAVID FORBES David Forbes (1828-1876) had travelled through Bolivia and Peru in the years 1857 to 1860, and came into contact with many Indian native tribes. The information for which Darwin asked in the following letter was required for his Descent of Man, the book which he decided to write, as he told1 De Candolle, to amuse himself because he was so exhausted by the Variation of animals and plants under domestication which had recently been published. It will be noticed that Darwin states
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F263
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Darwin, C. R. 1968. Questions About the Breeding of Animals. with introduction by Sir Gavin de Beer. London: Society for the Bibliography of Natural History (Sherborn Fund Facsimile no. 3). Facsimile edition.
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with non-European peoples. The questions, with differences and an additional question, were reprinted by the Smithsonian Institution of Washington.17 The second questionnaire related to sexual selection in man. To David Forbes, Darwin18 wrote in March 1868; I forgot to remind you that any notes on the idea of human beauty by natives who have associated little with Europeans would be very interesting to me. Also if by any strange chance you should have observed any facts leading you to believe
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