RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1855]. Abstract of Wallace, On the Law which has regulated the introduction of new species. CUL-DAR205.3.178. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. 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 volume CUL-DAR205.3 contains notes on distribution of animals.
Lengthier notes by Darwin on reading this article are in CUL-DAR.LIB.PER U244-U255. See John van Wyhe. 2016. The impact of A. R. Wallace's Sarawak Law paper reassessed. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. (December) 60: 56-66.
The brown crayon number '18' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Migration.
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A. Wallace 1855. Vol 16. p 184 on law of introduction of new species: it is not said descent I see he has quite wrong notion of Rudimentary organs. Must be alluded to.
Empirical law
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Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1855. On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2d ser. 16: (September): 184-196. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U252] Text
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