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Charles Darwin's Shorter Publications, 1829–1883.
Title:
Charles Darwin's Shorter Publications, 1829–1883.
Author:
van Wyhe, John.
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9780511532887
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1 online resource (557 pages)
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Editorial policy -- Annotations -- Acknowledgements -- Charles Darwin's Shorter Publications 1829-1883 -- 1829-1832. [Records of captured insects]. In Stephens, J. F., Illustrations of British entomology -- or, a synopsis… -- [1835]. [Extracts from letters addressed to Professor Henslow]. Cambridge: [privately printed]. F1 -- 1836. A letter, containing remarks on the moral state of Tahiti, New Zealand, &c. By Capt. R. FitzRoy and C. Darwin, Esq. of H. M. S. 'Beagle.' South African Christian… -- New Zealand -- 1837. [Notes on Rhea americana and Rhea darwinii]. [Read 14 March] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5 (51): 35-6. F1643 -- 1837. [Remarks upon the habits of the genera Geospiza, Camarhynchus, Cactornis and Certhidea… -- 1837. Observations of proofs of recent elevation on the coast of Chili, made during the survey of His Majesty's Ship Beagle commanded by Capt. FitzRoy R. N. By Charles… -- 1837. A sketch of the deposits containing extinct Mammalia in the neighbourhood of the Plata. By Charles Darwin, Esq., F.G.S. [Read 3 May] Proceedings of the… -- 1837. On certain areas of elevation and subsidence in the Pacific and Indian oceans, as deduced from the study of coral formations. By Charles Darwin, Esq., F.G.S. [Read… -- 1837. [Note on an Australian insect.] In Waterhouse, G.R., Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. [Read 5 December 1836.] Transactions of the… -- 1838. On the connexion of certain volcanic phænomena, and on the formation of mountain-chains and volcanos, as the effects of continental elevations. By Charles… -- 1838. [Notes on Cocos-Keeling Island plants]. In Henslow, J. S., Florula Keelingensis. An account of the native plants of the Keeling….

1838. Copy of a memorial presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Thomas Spring Rice], recommending the purchase of fossil remains for the British… -- 1838. On the formation of mould. By Charles Darwin, Esq., F.G.S. [Read 1 November 1837] Proceedings… -- 1839. Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy, and of other parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an attempt to prove that they are of marine origin. By… -- Section I.-Description of the Shelves -- Section II.-The Theories of Sir Lauder Dick and Dr. Macculloch considered -- Section III.-Proofs of the retreat of a body of water from the central parts of Scotland, and that this water was that of the sea -- Section IV.-Proofs from organic remains of a change of level between the land and the sea in Scotland. The effects of elevation traced in hypothesis -- Section V.-Objections to the theory from the non-extension of the shelves, and the absence of organic remains at great heights, answered -- Section VI.-Application of the theory to some less important points of structure in the district of Lochaber, and recapitulation -- Section VII.-On the erratic boulders of Lochaber -- Section VIII.-On the small amount of alluvial action since the formation of the shelves -- Section IX.-On the horizontality of the shelves, and on the equable action of the elevatory forces -- Section X.-Speculations on the action of the elevatory forces, and conclusion -- Postscript -- [1839]. Questions about the breeding of animals. [London: Stewart & Murray]. F262 -- 1839. Note on a rock seen… -- 1840. On the connexion of certain volcanic phenomena in South America -- and on the formation of mountain chains… -- Contents -- Introduction -- Observations on the Earthquake in Chile of Feb. 20th, 1835 -- On the identity of the force which elevates Continents with that which causes volcanic outbursts.

On periods of increased Volcanic Action affecting large Areas -- Nature of the Earthquakes on the Coasts of South America -- On different kinds of Earthquakes -- and conclusions regarding those which accompany Elevatory Movements -- Theoretical Considerations on the slow Elevation of Mountain-Chains -- Concluding Remarks -- 1840. On the formation of mould. By Charles Darwin, Esq., F.R.S., SEC. G.S. [Read 1 November 1837] Transactions of the Geological Society (Ser. 2) 5 (2): 505-9. F1655 -- 1840. [Notes on Chilean beetles.] In Waterhouse, G. R., Description of a new species of the genus Lophotus, from the collection of Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 (July): 330, 332. F2010 -- 1841. Queries respecting the human race, to be addressed to travellers and others. Drawn up by a Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, appointed in 1839. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at the Glasgow meeting, August 1840. 10: 447-58. F1975 -- 1841. [Notes on South American beetles.] In Waterhouse, G.R., [Descriptions of Some New Coleopterous Insects from the Southern Parts of S. America, Collected by C. Darwin, Esq. and T. Bridges, Esq.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 110.F2016 -- 1841. On the distribution of erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. By Charles Darwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. [Read 5 May] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London Part 2, 3: 425-30. F1657 -- 1841 [Notes on South American spiders.] In White, A., Descriptions of new or little known Arachnida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 (July): 474, 476. F2011 -- 1841. Humble-bees. Gardeners' Chronicle no. 34 (21 August): 550. F1658.

1841. On a remarkable bar of sandstone off Pernambuco, on the coast of Brazil. By C. Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R. & G.S. The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine (Ser. 3) 19 (October): 257-60. F266 -- 1841. [Note on a ground-beetle found off the Straits of Magellan.] In Waterhouse, G.R., Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (December): 254.F2012 -- 1842. [Notes on South American beetles.] In Waterhouse, G.thinspR., Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (April): 136-137. F2013 -- 1842. [Note on a mushroom from Maldonado.] In Berkeley, M.J., Notice on some fungi collected by C. Darwin, Esq., in South America and the Islands of the Pacific. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (August): 446. F2014 -- 1842. Notes on the effects produced by the ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire, and on the boulders transported by floating ice. By Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. and F.G.S. The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine 21 (September): 180-8. F1660 -- 1842. On the distribution of the erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. By Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. and F.G.S. [Read 14 April 1841] Transactions of the Geological Society Part 2, 3 (78): 415-31. F11661 -- Contents. -- Boulder Formation in the Valley of the Santa Cruz. -- Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan -- Island of Chiloe -- Remarks on the Glaciers of Tierra del Fuego, and on the Transportal of Boulders -- 1842. Report of a Committee appointed "to consider the rules by which the nomenclature of Zoology may be established on a uniform and permanent basis." London: John Murray. F1661a.

1843. Remarks on the preceding paper in a letter from Charles Darwin, Esq. to Mr Maclaren. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 34 (January): 47-50. F1662 -- 1843. Double flowers-their origin. Gardeners' Chronicle no. 36 (9 September): 628. F1663 -- 1844. Observations on the structure and propagation of the genus Sagitta. By Charles Darwin, F.R.S., V.P.G.S. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including zoology, botany, and geology 13, no. 81 (January): 1-6. F1664 -- Explanation of Plate I. -- 1844. [Extracts from letters on guanacos]. In Walton, W., The alpaca: Its naturalization in the British Isles considered as a national benefit, and as an object of immediate utility. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & sons, pp. 43-4, 50-1. F1833 -- 1844. On the origin of mould. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 14 (6 April): 218. F1665 -- 1844. Manures and steeping seed. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 23 (8 June): 380. F1666 -- 1844. Variegated leaves. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 37 (14 September): 621. F1667 -- 1844. What is the action of common salt on carbonate of lime? Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 37 (14 September): 628-9. F1668 -- 1844. Mr. Darwin's Memorandum. In Henslow, J. S., Rust in wheat. Gardeners' Chronicle (28 September): 659. F1668a -- [Darwin, C. R.] Kemp, W. 1844. An account of some seeds buried in a sand-pit which germinated. By Mr. William Kemp of Galashiels, in a Letter to Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 89-91. F1918 -- 1844. Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariæ, and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. By Charles Darwin, F.R.S., V.P. Geol. Soc. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14 (October): 241-51. F1669 -- Planaria vaginuloides -- Planaria elegans -- Planaria pulla.

Planaria bilinearis.
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Annotated with original illustrations, this valuable text brings together all known shorter publications, letters and journals written by Charles Darwin.
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