RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Summary for Legitimate Births. CUL-DAR85.B104. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. 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 volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 301-2.
Charles Babbage. 1829. A letter to the Right Hon. T. P. Courtnenay, on the proportionate number of births of the two sexes under different circumstances. Edinburgh Journal of Science 1, new series: 85-104.
See also CUL-DAR85.B107.
[B104]
Summary of Legitimate Births
Legitimate Births
|
♀ |
♂ |
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France |
10,000 |
10,657 |
|
Naples |
do |
10,452} |
|
Prussia |
do |
10,609} |
extreme |
Westphalia |
do |
10,471} |
|
Montpellier |
do |
10,707 |
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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