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Record Number: 16742


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Give Mr Whewell my best thanks for sending me his tide paper: all on board are much interested by it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: Mar 1834

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charles Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

12 Feb 1809

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Scientist and Writer

Religion:

Atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Whewell

Title:

Essay Towards a First Approximation to a Map of Cotidal Lines

Genre:

Philosophy, Science, Mathematics

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 123 (1833)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16742

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Darwin Correspondence Project: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-238.html,

Citation:

Darwin Correspondence Project: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-238.html, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16742, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

secondary source: http://philosophy.wisc.edu/Forster/Whewell.htm

   
   
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