RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [c.1851]. Abstract of 8vo pamphlets]. CUL-DAR75.65. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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Lyell address |
p. 52 — very good on imperfection of natural geolog Records Lyell, Charles. 1851. Anniversary address of the President. London: R and J. Taylor. (from: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 7: xxv-lxxvi.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 75] PDF |
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p 53 we know nothing of cave animals of miocene or eocene — 53- |
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five sets of mammals since Eocene — p 55 Lund 101 mammal only 1 recent. |
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Reeve |
on distrib. of Bulimus not marked. Reeve, Lovell. 1851. On the geographical distribution of the Bulimi, a genus of terrestrial Mollusca, and on the modification of their shell according to the local physical conditions in which the species occur. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2d ser. 7: 241-255, 1 map. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 76] PDF |
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Spence |
on immense [illeg] caused by insects to [Carbs] Spence, William. 1849. Address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Entomological Society of London, on the 22nd of January, 1849. London: Richard and John E. Taylor. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 77] PDF |
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Forbes Report |
1850, p. 252 On gregariousness of shells, [merely] good conditions Forbes, Edward. 1850. Report on the investigation of British marine zoology by means of the dredge I: The infra-littoral distribution of marine Invertebrata on the southern, western, and northern coasts of Great Britain. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 79] PDF |
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p 254. Same species colourless at great depth & coloured in shallowed seas |
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p 256 Glacial out [lyers] |
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Ramsay, |
p 176, 23,000 ft denuded Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. 1853. On the physical structure and succession of some of the lower Palaeozoic rocks of North Wales and part of Shropshire. With notes on the fossils by J. W. Salter. (from: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society vol. 9 PDF) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 84] PDF |
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Adams |
p 191 Species of same nature as genera |
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p 193 on 2 or more vars. having coincident, but generally differing; being coincident forces created! Looks at all adaptation to climate. Good. See Back of Page Adams, Charles Baker. 1851. Nature and origin of terrestrial Mollusca in Jamaica. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 4: 29-32. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 85] PDF |
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MacAndrew |
p. 4 Arctic regions rich only in individuals McAndrew, Robert. 1854. On the geographical distribution of testaceous Mollusca in the north-east Atlantic and neighbouring seas. Liverpool: Greenwood. (from: Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool 8: 8-56.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 86] PDF |
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p. 6 on proportion of shell common to Scandinavian & N. America to Britain 15/100 20/100 |
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p. 16 Proportion common o Scandinavian & Canary Isd |
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p 37 Canary shells common to Madeira & Agora, not [found] in Mediterranean |
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p 37 — 156 Madeira shells, 3 N. American |
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p 44 Northern species range further S, than S. species do north |
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p 49 disconnected range |
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p 50 argues from Land-shells the Madeira &c distant [illeg] |
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Blyth |
p 4 speaks of a rodent Lemur Blyth, Edward. 1853. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 22: 639-655. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 89] PDF |
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p 11 on origin of Turtle-Dove Blyth, Edward. 1855. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for April meeting, 1855. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24: 252-281. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 90] PDF |
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p 29 on the Buceros building in the female on her nest |
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p 10 on Indian crow varying with white. Blyth considers C. corone certainly var. of C. cornix Blyth, Edward. 1855. Report on a zoological collection from the Somali country. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24: 291-306. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 91] PDF |
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Ramsay |
p 309. Canbrian to Dernia 8 miles thick — no delta — p 310 on what formation near Lakes — only 3 great known estuary formations (I suppose F W fish wd be fd in Deltas) Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. 1856. [Review of Lyell, Manual of elementary geology, 5th ed.] Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 3: 305-328. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 92] PDF |
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Huxley Lectures |
p. 6 — argues beauty of no use to animal — argue differences of species no use to them (If this be correct, then Selection not cause.) Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1856. On natural history as knowledge, discipline and power. Proceedings of the Royal Institution. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 94] Text |
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Jeffreys |
p. 15 p. 16 Chiton in free state only for 2 or 3 days — Insists on difficulty of certain littoral shells crossing near British channel — accounts for all deficiency a prior state of things — p. 21 greatest difference in species of Littoral zones in Mediterranean compared with Britain Jeffreys, John Gwyn. 1856. On the marine Testacea of the Piedmontese coast. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2d ser. 17: 155-188, 1 pl. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 95] PDF |
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Denham |
p. 2 soundings off N. Zealand & Norfolk Isd. Denham, Henry Mangles. 1855. Islands and reefs in the south-western Pacific. Hydrographic notice II. London: Hydrographic Office. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 96] PDF |
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Binney |
p 37. — 120 Beds of Coal in Lancashire p 17 roof of [illeg] show very slow time Binney, Edward William. 1847. On the origin of coal. Manchester: Privately printed. (Reprinted in Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 2d ser. 8 (1848): 148-194.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 98] PDF |
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Say that I have not met with observation on range of vars, except these:
another argument with species, & on my views of relation to other organic beings no difficulty -
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