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Jan 1st Infusoria part 2, published in Excelsior. Bib p113.
Jan 5th Letter to C.K. thanking him for the splendid treasures I received today at 2 pm. Leeds.
Jan 9th Letter to C.K. enumerating the contents of the hamper of Jan 5th , also asked it he could note and relay any interesting circumstances relating to his captures habits. Leeds.
Feb 1st Porifera (sponges) part 1, published in Excelsior. Bib p 113.
Feb 2nd Letter to C.K., thanked him for the zeal his family has engaged upon to collect such specimens, they will never have cause to regret having had a bias towards outdoor zoology. Leeds.
Feb 4th Note from Mrs Kingsley about imminent arrival of hamper. Leeds.
Feb 5th Letter to C.K. thanking Mrs Kingsley for her note announcing the coming consignments which did not arrive until 6 pm. Leeds.
March 1 st Porifera (sponges) part 2, published in Excelsior. Bib p 113.
March 30th Letter to Rev. C.K., propose to send hamper and jars to him tomorrow and hope he can get his man to go out on a days dredging for me. Leeds.
April 1st Polypifera part 1, published in Excelsior. Bib p 113.
April 4th Letter to C.K. thanking him for hamper that has just arrived. Told him I have now finished my book which I have entitled, The Aquarium; an Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep. It is nearly all printed and I hope to have it out in the first week of May. Leeds.
April 6th Today is my 43 rd birthday.
April 14th Noted with precision the size, form, and number of tubercles on red seaweed, including parasitic Ceramium on a frond of Gracilaria . Annals No. 78.
April 17th Parasitic Ceramium has divided into two incurvated hooks. Annals No. 78.
April 21st Successfully manufactured artificial sea-water, set up aquarium for further study of suitability to hold animals. Aquarium, edition without plates p264. Noted amount of growth on red sea-weeds, the growth of Ceramium can be seen with naked eye. Annals No. 78.
April 22nd Poured off about half of the quantity of my manufactured sea-water (filtering it through a sponge in a glass funnel) into a confectioner's show glass. I put in a bottom of small shore-pebbles, well washed in fresh water, and one or two fragments of stone with fronds of green sea-weed ( Ulva latissima ) growing thereon. Handbook p16. Bulla hydatis laid mass of spawn on a decaying frond of Rhodosperm palmate in square tank. Leeds.
April 24th Letter to C.K., told him I have delayed my intended journey to Weymouth and of my “Actinarium.” Leeds.
April 27th Wrote testimonial for Mr Adam Wright. Bib p50.
April 28th The budding points on the Gracilaria greatly increased. Marked some minute scales of the Corallina officinalis for signs of growth. Annals No. 78.
April 29th Bulla hydatis laid mass on another Algæ in square tank. Leeds.
May 1st Polypifera part 2, published in Excelsior. Bib p113.
May 19th Submitted paper, On the Growth of Sea-Weeds to Annals. No. 78.
May 20th Bulla hydatis laid mass on Vulva in Tank Number 1. Leeds.
May 27th The revelation of the sons of God , published in Christian Annotator. Bib p113.
May 30th Letter to C.K. Apologised that
my book is not yet out, though a few copies have been circulated; I now have 6 aquariums set up
in the conservatory. Leeds.
June 1st Polypifera part 3, published in Excelsior. Bib p 113. On the Growth of Sea-Weeds published in Annals. No. 78.
June 9th Submitted paper On manufactured Sea-water for the Aquarium to Annals. No 79.
June 19th Submitted Luke to Christian Annotator. Bib p114.
June 22nd Arrived at Tenby. Emily. p51.
June 29th Letter to Charles Kingsley describing the abundance of Actinia nivea and its delicate hues. Life p253.
July 1st Manufactured Sea-water paper published in Annals. No. 79. A list of the marine animals obtained at Weymouth published in Zoologist. Acalephae part 1, published in Excelsior. Bib p113.
July 8th Exodus published in Christian Annotator. Bib p114.
July 15th Hebrews published in Christian Annotator. Bib p114.
August 1st Acalephae part 2, published in Excelsior. Bib p113.
August 18th Departed Tenby to return to London . Emily. p51.
August 19th Luke published in Christian Annotator. Bib p114.
Sept 1st Echinodermata part 1, published in Excelsior. Bib p113. Warington's paper describing his aquarium published in Annals. No. 81.
Sept 16th John published in Christian Annotator. Bib p114.
Sept 21st Today is Willy's 5th birthday.
Sept 30th Revelation published in Christian Annotator. Bib p114.
Oct 1st Descriptions of three new species of British Actiniae published in Annals. No. 82. Echinodermata part 2, published in Excelsior. Bib p113.
Nov 1st Echinodermata part 3, published in Excelsior. Bib p113.
Nov 10th Today is Emily's 48th birthday.
Nov 11th Received Hyas araneus from Weymouth . Leeds. John xix. Revelation, Red Sea, published in Christian Annotator. Bib p114.
Nov 18th Mark, John xvi . published in Christian Annotator. Bib p114.
Nov 21st Today is our 6 th wedding anniversary.
Dec 1st Warrington criticised my sea-water formula in Annals. No.84.
Dec 9th Paper on artificial sea-water
submitted to Annals in reply to Warrington 's criticisms. No.85
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Aquarium; The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep.
P.H. Gosse. 1854. Act Brit; Actinologia Britannica. P.H. Gosse.
1860. Annals; Annals & Magazine of Natural History. 1852-1856. 2
nd Series Vols. 9-18. Zoo; The Zoologist. 1852-1856. Vols. 6-13.
Life; The Life of Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S. Edmund Gosse. 1890.
Mem; A memorial of the last days on earth of Emily Gosse. P.H.
Gosse. 1857. EUL.; Edinburgh University Library. CUL; Cambridge University
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