RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Bronn's Geschichte. CUL-DAR85.B105. 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 3.2022. RN2
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).
[B105]
Bronn's Geschichte
p. 99 (b) In Australia 3 cows said to be born to 2 Bull (see what authority)
Martin in Froriep's Notizen 3 females to 1 male.
1829 XXV — 161-163
No Evidence worth anything
Dr. Farre
Ask for any books
[in margin:] & Burton about ♀ in Peru & Azara about savages
Bronn, Heinrich Georg. 1841. Handbuch einer Geschichte der Natur. 2 vols. and atlas. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung (E. Koch). CUL-DAR.LIB.72 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF
The references to 'Frorieps Notizen' i.e. Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde, were copied from Bronn and not consulted by Darwin.
Farre is cited in Descent 1: 123n: "See Dr. A. Farre's well-known article in the 'Cyclop. of Anat. and Phys.' vol. v. 1859, p. 642." Todd, Robert Bentley ed. 1835-1859. The cyclopaedia of anatomy and physiology. 5 vols. in 6. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts. [Darwin Library-CUL] PDF
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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