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This class comprises certificates, awards and diplomas presented to Charles Darwin during his lifetime. The correspondence relating to the presentation of these diplomas is listed separately under DAR 230.

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Letter and proposal, sent to Captain Thomas Hurd.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: In the following correspondence, which mostly relates to the various aspects of Pamplin's business career, are represented many of the leading botanists of the middle decades of the nineteenth century. A similar, though larger, collection is in the Archives Department of the University of Wales, Bangor (Pamplin Papers); and other letters, diaries and notebooks are held at the National Library of Wales (MSS 7492-7509). The following letters are mounted on paper, frequently two letters to a...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: In the following correspondence, which mostly relates to the various aspects of Pamplin's business career, are represented many of the leading botanists of the middle decades of the nineteenth century. A similar, though larger, collection is in the Archives Department of the University of Wales, Bangor (Pamplin Papers); and other letters, diaries and notebooks are held at the National Library of Wales (MSS 7492-7509). The following letters are mounted on paper, frequently two letters to a...

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A small collection of letters to Henry Woods, written mainly in English, with a few in French.

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With envelope

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Letter from E Van der Brouk to 'Nature' editor; written at [Brussels]

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A small collection of letters to Henry Woods, written mainly in English, with a few in French.

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Letter from Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Brussels

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Letter from Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Brussels

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Letter from Léo Errera to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Brussels

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Letter from Léo Errera to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Brussels

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Letter from Léo Errera to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Brussels

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Letter from L[éo] E[rrera] to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Brussels postcard

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Letter from Manette van Gehuchten to Ruth Rees-Thomas née Darwin; written at Brussels in with envelope

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Letter from Manette van Gehuchten to Ruth Rees-Thomas née Darwin; written at Brussels in with envelope

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Letter from Sir George Howard Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Brussels

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Scope and Contents From the Class:

This class comprises correspondence relating to the presentation of various diplomas and awards to Charles Darwin. The physical certificates are listed under DAR 229.

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For related award, see MS DAR 229:66.

Scope and Contents Letters from various observatories on filling vacancies, the construction of time balls at Sydney and New Brunswick (with a plan), and the establishment of new observatories at Nottingham, Bristol and other locations. The correspondents include J. Challis, Sir W. Denison, C.E. Trevelyan, J.R. Hind, R. Stephenson, C.P. Smyth, C. Pritchard and M.J. Johnson. There are also two reports on Liverpool Observatory, a paper on Brussels Observatory, and a piece from 'Le Moniteur Universel' on the...

Scope and Contents Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, explanation of the mechanism and construction of time balls at Copenhagen and Edinburgh, the establishment of an observatory at Quebec, and the purchase of chronometers for the Lisbon Observatory. The correspondents include Admiral Radstock, B.A. Gould, J. Glaisher, J. Challis, C.P. Smyth, M.J. Johnson, J.F.W. Herschel and C. Frodsham. There are reports on the Brussels Observatory, 1852-1853, by L.A. Quetelet;...

Scope and Contents Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, new equipment and the new observatory at Williamstown, Victoria. The correspondents include C. Todd, R.C. Carrington, J. Challis, C.P. Smyth, R. Grant, W. Lassell, N.R. Pogson, J.M. Gillis, W.S. Jacobs and R.L.J. Ellery. There is also a report on the Glasgow Observatory by R. Grant; a report on the Liverpool Observatory by J. Hartrup; a Spanish account by R.R. de Sousa Pinto on the Madrid, Paris, Brussels and...

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All Geographical Miles [distances and flying times for birds] [distances from London]

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Scope and Contents Observations, reports and calculations for the longitude of places in North America by W.B. Jack; the longitude of Chicago; differences in longitude observed by Pulkova and Dorpat; longitudes of places in Australia; and the longitudes of Shanghai, Paris, Vienna, Ghent, Brussels, New Westminster, Canada, Williamstown, Victoria and Newton Abbot, Devon. The volume also includes various works, maps, reports, observations and correspondence on solar eclipses. There is substantial material on the...

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Royal Astronomical Society, including a lecture by Airy on the determination of longitudes by galvanic signals; a paper by Airy on the reduction of the observations of the Revd T. Catton; an address by Airy on delivering the medal to Herr Rümker; a paper by Airy on the difference of longitude between the observatories of Brussels and Greenwich as determined by galvanic signals; correspondence on pendulum experiments; a manuscript by J. Bloxam on clock escapements;...