RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstracts on Laws of Variation, 1877-1881. CUL-DAR75.122-124. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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8vo. Pamphlets (1126) Good |
H. Hoffmann "über" variation" fixed & unfixed var — very much in every corner p. 26 — position of flower on stem causes differences — on anagallis & Lychnis — Summary of all his results Hoffmann, Hermann. 1877. Untersuchungen über Variation. Bericht der Oberhessischen Gesellschaft für Natur- und Heilkunde 16: 1-37. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1126] PDF |
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Fatio, some important facts Fatio, Victor. 1877. De la variabilité de l'espèce à propos de quelques poissons. Bibliothèque universelle et revue Suisse. Archives des sciences physiques et Naturelles 58: 2: 185-217. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1131] PDF |
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Lawes & Gilbert — bears importantly on variability & struggle for existence Lawes, John Bennet and Gilbert, Joseph Henry. 1864. Report on the effects of different manures on the mixed herbage of grass land. Circular: Patent Chemical Manures: Feeding Stuffs, etc., (Spring): 18-51. 'bears importantly on variability & struggle for existence' (CUL-DAR75.122-124), '1137 Lawes & Gilbert manures & mixed herbage' (CUL-DAR252.5) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1137 (missing number in Vorzimmer)] PDF |
4to Pamphlet (251) |
Delboef — mathematics to inheritance & Evolution Delboeuf, Joseph. 1877. Les mathématiques et le transformisme. Une loi mathématique applicable à la théorie du transformisme. Revue scientifique de la France et de l'étranger 2d ser. 6: 669-679. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 251 ('missing' in Vorzimmer)] PDF |
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H. Hoffmann Cultivation — Lychnis dioica Hoffmann, Hermann. 1876. Culturversuche. Botanische Zeitung 34: 545-552, 561-572, pl. IX. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 252] PDF |
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Moritz Wägner — sound very important on geographical races. Variation due to condition, independently of Natural Selection. Wagner, Moritz Friedrich. 1875. Der Naturprocess der Artbildung. Das Ausland 22: 425-428; 23: 449-452; 24: 473-475; 25: 490-493; 26: 513-516; 29: 570-575; 30: 589-593. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 258] PDF |
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Salvin very important paper on Birds of Galapagos. Gradation in Birds. Salvin, Osbert. 1876. On the avifauna of the Galapagos archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9 (May): 447-510, pls. LXXXIV-LXXXIX. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 269] PDF |
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Lawes & Gilbert — Ichetus Results of trials with manures Lawes, John Bennet. 1875. Memoranda of the plan and results of the field experiments conducted on the farm of John Bennet Lawes, Esq., at Rothamsted, Herts. London: William Clowes and Sons; W. Engelmann. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 241, 271(1876), 322] |
Scott |
Manual of Opium — inherited effects of [illeg] many causes which excites secretion not be inserted Scott, John. 1877. Manual of opium husbandry: for the use of officers in the government agencies of Behar and Benares. Calcutta: Bengal Sectretariat Press. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.579 PDF |
Annales Soc. Ent. France Tome V. 1875 |
p. 225 Good article (Reuter) on the dimorphism of the Hemiptera Reuter, M. O -M. 1875. Remarques sur le polymorphisme des Hémiptères. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 5: 225-236. [CUL-DAR240] PDF |
Proc. & Memoir. Boston Soc. of N. Hist. |
(See for References) References for Proc. & Memoir in Transaction portfolio — also Hyatt on Jurassic Ammonites |
Q. Journal of Microscopical Sc. Vol. LXV 1877 p. 19 |
Moseley very good on colouring matter of deep-sea animals. Moseley, Henry Nottidge. 1877. On the colouring matters of various animals, and especially of deep-sea forms dredged by H.M.S. Challenger. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science n.s. 17: 1-23. [CCD] PDF |
Caton The antelope |
p. 90. Antelope variation p. 156 spots on Deer Caton, John Dean. 1877. The antelope and deer of America: a comprehensive scientific treatise upon the natural history, including the characteristics, habits, affinities, and capacity for domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America. New York: Hurd & Houghton. [Darwin Library-Down] PDF |
Zoolog. Record for 1875 p 228 |
On conversion of [Entomotracae] by more or less salt-water, but I have read essay on this subject. Martens, Eduard von. 1875. Crustacea [review of literature. Paper by Schmankiewitsch on Artemia salina.] Zoological Record 12: 213-234. PDF |
Linn. Journal vol. XVI. Bot. p. 24 |
Very Heteromorphic Plants on island of Rodriguez. Balfour, I. Bayley. 1877. Aspects of the phænogamic vegetation of Rodriguez, with descriptions of new plants from the island. [Abstract] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 16 no. 89: 7-25. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U683] PDF |
The American Naturalist 1877 p 322 |
On Variation of Wild Turkey under Domestication Caton Caton, John Dean. 1877. The wild turkey and its domestication. American Naturalist 11 no. 6: 321-330. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U1598] PDF |
Proc. Boston Soc N. Hist Vol XIV 1871-71 p. 322 |
Coues on variability of multiple organs. Coues, Elliott. 1871. [Note on variation] In Burt G. Wilder, Intermembral homologies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 14: 309ff, pp. 322-325. [Darwin Library-CUL] PDF |
[do] vol XVI 1873-74 |
J. A. Allen Geographical var. of colour with American Squirrels Allen, Joel Asaph. 1874. On geographical variation in color among North American squirrels; with a list of the species and varieties of the American Sciuridae occurring north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 276-294. [Darwin Library-CUL] PDF |
Kosmos I 1877 p. 550 |
On individual variability [There is no p. 550 in vol. 1 of Kosmos] |
Kosmos Heft 5 1878 p. 438 |
analogous variation, i. e. distinct species varying in same manner. |
4to Pamphlets (277) |
Luidstrom — On corals varying in exactly same manner in distant seas - good Lindström, Gustaf. 1877. Contributions to the actinology of the Atlantic Ocean. Communicated to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences January 10th 1876. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & söner, 3 pls. (from: Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 1876, 14(6).) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 277] PDF |
4to Pamphlets (290 |
Peyritsch — on causes inducing Peloric.– good on causes of Variation — External conditions. Peyritsch, Johann Joseph. 1877. Untersuchungen über die Aetiologie pelorischer Blüthenbildung. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. (Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse: Denkschriften. vol. 38.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1127, Quarto 290] PDF |
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8vo Pamph (944) |
Nägeli on variation of Hieracium Nägeli, Carl von. 1874. Verdrängung der Pflanzenformen durch ihre Mitbewerber. (from: Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München ) München: Straub. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 944] PDF |
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Weismann reversion, with sterility, explain case of Axolotl. Weismann, August. 1875. Ueber die Umwandlung des mexicanischen Axolotl in ein Amblystoma. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie25 (Supplementband): 297-334. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 948] PDF |
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Siebold, changes in means of respiration of fresh water mollusc [cobites] breathing partly by intestinal canal — very curious. various changes by animals in means of respiration Siebold, Carl Theodor Ernst von. 1875. Ueber das Anpassungs-Vermögen der mit Lungen athmenden Süsswasser-Molluscen. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-physikalischen Klasse der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften München 5: 39-54. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 949] PDF |
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Blytt shows that many plants in Scandinavia seem indifferent to considerable difference of climate Anon. 1875. [Review of] Axel Blytt, Norges flora. Botanisker Notiser 1 (15 February): 21. 'Immigration of Norwegian flora' [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 966 ('missing' in Vorzimmer)] PDF |
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Edwards abstract of Weismann on Saison Dimorphism especially in relation to the Marcellus Papilio Edwards, William Henry. 1875. An abstract of Dr. Aug. Weismann's paper on 'The seasonal-dimorphism of butterflies'. To which is appended a statement of some experiments made upon Papilio ajax. Canadian Entomologist 7: 228-240. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 977] PDF |
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Rougemont on animals which live in darkness Rougemont, Philipp de. 1875. Natur-Geschichte von Gammarus puteanus Koch. Inaugural-Dissertation. München: F. Straub. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 982] PDF |
Ribot Heredity p 39 |
Effect of Habit in causing short-sight. Ribot, Théodule. 1875. Heredity: a psychological study of its phenomena, laws, causes, and consequences. From the French of Th. Ribo. London: Henry S. King & Co. CUL-DAR.LIB.536 PDF |
Schübeler |
Planzen-welt. Scandinavia p. 381. colour of flowers plainly influenced by latitude in which seeds sown. Schübeler, Frederick Christian. 1873-1875. Die Pflanzenwelt Norwegens: ein Beitrag zur Natur- und Culturgeschichte Nord-Europas. Christiania: A. W. Brøgger. [inscribed][Darwin Library-Down] PDF |
Buckton on aphides |
Ray Soc. Dimorphism — early spring forms differ from all others. Buckton, George Bowdler. 1876-1883. Monograph of the British Aphides. 4 vols. London: Ray Society. [Darwin Library-Down] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 [1883] |
Weismann. |
Studien Descendenz– Theil II p. 68 period in caterpillar of which variation arises -p. 72-79 all must be studied if I ever write on variation. p. 80 (good) to p. 92 — p. 142 on inward tendency to vary — 149 to 225 — p. 273, 274-277 Weismann, August. 1876. Studien zur Descendenz-theorie. II. Über die Letzten Ursachen der Transmutationen. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.673.2 PDF |
Zoologische Garten (C) |
v. Fischer — great variability of tamed rats like case of cattle in Pampas p. 374 criterion of Species & Vars. colours being like those of father — or intermediate in species.– Fischer, Johann von. 1874. Beobachtungen ueber Kreuzungen verschiedener Farbenspielarten innerhalb eine Species. Zoologische Garten 15: 361-374. |
Hoffmann |
Species — frage. — Important — Causes of Variability — Reversion Nature of Differences & Range of certain closely allied forms as of anagallis. Hoffmann, Hermann. 1875. Zur Speciesfrage. Haarlem: de Erven Loosjes. CUL-DAR.LIB.281 PDF |
Neumayr |
Paludina-Schichten — most important, as showing effects of conditions in causing variability - & on the general question of origin of species. Neumayr, Melchior and Paul, C. M. 1875. Die Congerien- und Paludinenschichten Slavoniens und deren Faunen: ein Beitrag zur Descendenz-Theorie. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. [inscribed] outsize. CUL-DAR.LIB.465 PDF |
Burbridge on Propagation |
p. 95 quotes Decaisne & Wichura on culture causing variability Burbridge, Frederick William Thomas. 1877. Cultivated plants, their propagation and improvement. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons. CUL-DAR.LIB.92 PDF |
8vo Pamphlet (1110) |
Comber on Variability in relation to size of genera. Comber, Thomas. 1875. Geographical statistics of the extra-British European flora. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of Lancashire 3d ser. 3: 13-32. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1110] PDF |
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H. Hoffmann acclimatization in Plants Hoffmann, Hermann. 1875. Ueber Thermische Constanten und Accomodation. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 563-592. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1112] PDF |
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Nollmities — Leperides found fertilized Bruggemann, Friedrich. 1876. [Review of] Ueber die sogenannten Leporiden von Nathusius. Jena. (from: Jenaische Literatur-Zeitung) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1113] PDF |
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Neumayr- on ammonite very important — shows the changes Effected independently of natural selection. Neumayr, Melchior. 1875. Über Kreideammonitiden. (from: Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 71(1): 639-693). [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1115] PDF |
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Duprey inherited effects of lesion of the Eyes like Brown-Sequard Dupuy, Eugène. 1877. Note on inherited effects of lesions of the sympathetic nerve and corpora restiformia on the eye. Report of the Fifth International Ophthalmological Congress, held in New York, September, 1876, pp. 252-255. (2 copies) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1122, 1194] PDF |
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8vo Pamphlet Schmankewitsch (1197) |
most important — on changes in Crustaceans for changes in making them live in Salt & Fresh Water Schmankewitsch, Wladimir. 1877. Zur Kenntniss des Einflusses der äusseren Lebensbedingungen auf die Organisation der Thiere. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 29: 429-494. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1197] PDF |
8vo Pamphlet (1200) |
J. Jenner Weir — on dark & light Lepidoptera Weir, John Jenner. 1877. Address. Transactions of the West Kent Natural History, Microscopical and Photographic Society 2 (28 February). [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1200] |
8vo Pamphlet (1219) |
Coues finds that climate modifies in some way mice & shrews in different regions of U. States. Coues, Elliott. 1877. Precursory notes on American insectivorous mammals, with descriptions of new species. Washington: Department of the Interior, 3: 631-653. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1219] PDF |
(N.B Mr Wallaces last Book good summary on direct action of external condition) |
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8vo Pamphlet (1244) |
Morse's address p. 11 to [end] much on variability — good - & on Habit p 17 cave animals — marine forms in the Lakes– Morse, Edward Sylvester. 1876. Address of Professor Edward S. Morse, Vice President, Section B. (What American zoologists have done for evolution) Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 25: 137-176. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1244] PDF |
8vo Pamphlet (1250) |
Dareste remarks importance of fact that all monstrosities due to conditions unchecked (bears on variability- [illeg] would have been said innate causes Dareste, Camille. 1877. Recherches sur la production artificielle des monstruosités, ou, Essais de tératogénie expérimentale. Paris: C. Reinwald & Cie. [inscribed][Darwin Library-Down]. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1250] PDF |
8vo Pamphlet (1282) |
Analogous variation in Fragaria Magnus, Paul Wilhelm. 1877. Anomalieen an Exemplaren von Fragaria elatior Ehrh. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg 19-20: 97-100. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1282] PDF |
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Hoffmann Culture researches Hoffmann, Hermann. 1878. Culturversuche. Botanische Zeitung 36: 273-286, 289-299, pl. IX. (whole issues) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1285] PDF |
8vo Pamph (1309) |
De Candolle — on acclimatization of plants — behaviour of seeds for different distribution. Candolle, Alphonse de. 1878. Sur l'existence de races physiologiques dans les espèces végétales à l'état spontané. Bibliothèque universelle et revue Suisse. Archives des sciences physiques et Naturelles. Geneva: Georg. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1309] PDF |
Bull. Mus. Comp. Z. [illeg] Vol. VI. no 3. p. 87 Dell — on variability of atypical forms — though condition uniform — also direct action of such conditions.– |
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Neumayr |
Fauna des untersten Lias p. 45 parallelism of form of ammonites yet generally distinct Neumayr, Melchior. 1879. Zur Kenntnis der Fauna des untersten Lias in den Nordalpen. Vienna: J. C. Fischer. outsize. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.466 PDF |
Kosmos III Jahr 1879 p. 215. |
Extraordinary change in maize from absorption of salt. Anon. 1879. Merkwürdige Umwandlung von Maispflanzen bei künstlicher Ernährung. Kosmos 5 no. 3: 215-217. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U209] PDF |
8vo Pamphlet 1331 |
Lawes experiment — adaptation in grapes & Laws of change [incorrect pamphlet number] |
1357 |
Werner causes of variability Werner, Eugen. 1879. Die Ursachen der Vererbungskraft: Versuch zur Klärung thierzüchterischer Streitfragen. Leipzig: Thiel. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1357] |
1369 & 1399 |
Sturtevant, good causes of var. in Marriage. Sturtevant, Edward Lewis. 1878. Seed-breeding. Report Connecticut Board Agriculture 11: 149-187. (Reprinted in Monthly Journal of Science (August 1879, pp. 531-564.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1369] PDF |
Kosmos Aug. 1878— |
Analogous variation [PDF] |
— 1881 p. 63 |
Effects of Heat on form of cells Anon. 1881. Der Einfluss der Bodenwärme auf die Zellenbildung der Pflanzen. Kosmos 9 no. 1: 63-64. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U231] PDF |
8vo Pamphlet 1408 |
Analogous var. due to common descent in Vanessa White, William. 1881. Is Vanessa polychloros the prototype of V. Urticae ? A query suggested by the aberrant form of a specimen of V. Urticae or Polychloros Type. Entomologist 14 (August): 169-174. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1408] PDF |
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p. 80 bears on Laws of Hildebrand Hildebrand, Friedrich Hermann Gustav. 1882. Die Lebensdauer und Vegetationweise der Pflanzen, ihre Ursachen und ihre Entwickelung. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (Engler's Botanische Jahrbuch) 2: 51-135. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1412] PDF |
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Some species fixed some variable Wetherby, Albert Gallatin. 1880-1881. On the geographical distribution of certain fresh water mollusks of North America, and the probable causes of their variation. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 3(4) (January): 317-324; 4(2) (July): 156-166. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1414 (317-324)] PDF |
4to Pamphl 319 |
Hoffmann experiments on variation of Plants by anther. Hoffmann, Hermann. 1881. Rückblick auf meine Variations-Versuche von 1855-1880. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel. 'This Ruck-blick on Variations-versuch by H Hoffman important with respect to causes of variation & may be important to me if I try to induce variations' [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 319] PDF |
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