Charles Darwin
English naturalist whose On the Origin of Species (1859) set out the theory of evolution by natural selection.
1809–1882
Signals from the Brick Moon
Edward Everett Hale, “The Brick Moon,” part III, The Atlantic Monthly, December 1869 · December 1869 (the third part of a serial that ran October–December 1869)
14. “Write to all hands that we are doing well. Langdon’s baby is named Io, and Leonard’s is named Phebe.”
How queer that was! What a coincidence! And they had some humor there.
15 was: “Our atmosphere stuck to us. It weighs three tenths of an inch — our weight.”
16. “Our rain-fall is regular as the clock. We have made a cistern of Kilpatrick.”
This meant the spherical chamber of that name.
17. “Write to Darwin that he is all right. We began with lichens and have come as far as palms and hemlocks.”
14. “Write to all hands that we are doing well. Langdon’s baby is named Io, and Leonard’s is named Phebe.” How queer that was! What a coincidence! And they had some humor there. 15 was: “Our atmosphere stuck to us. It weighs three tenths of an inch — our weight.” 16. “Our rainfall is regular as the clock. We have made a cistern of Kilpatrick.” This meant the spherical chamber of that name. 17. “Write to Darwin that he is all right. We began with lichens and have come as far as palms and hemlocks.”