I will give one free copy of my book Nullius in Verba: Darwin's Greatest Secret to whoever is first to find each and any other of the terms in the list below is not a unique Matthewism.
The authors listed in List 2 are those in my book who I found were "apparently first to be second" into published print with apparently unique Matthewisms that were apparently first coined in 1831
In other words, I will give a free copy of my e-book to anyone who is first to prove that any of the currently remaining terms was published in the literature before January 1st 1831 (the date Matthew's book was first published).
To be clear, a total of 29 free books are currently on offer as prizes in this contest.
One book can be won for each "apparently unique Matthewism" by the person who shows that they first discovered it isn't.
Note: the terms must precisely match those listed below, the same words and in the same order, and they must have been published in English before 1831. Latin or any other language does not count.
Note: number 22 is now out of the running.
An individual can win as many copies (or redeemable vouchers for the book) as they are able.
The first received correct entry received for each of the remaining terms in the list wins a book for each first to be received correct entry they make.
To submit your evidence, simply cite the source you have found and the relevant page number - along with a clickable link to the relevant publication - in the comments section to the blog post you are currently reading.
List 2 - from Nullius in Verba: Darwin's greatest secret
1.1832 – Mudie: ‘rectangular branching’
2.1833 – Ellerby: ‘plants so far asunder’
3.1835 – Main: ‘luxuriant growing trees’
4.1834 - Conrad: ‘admixture of species’
5.1834 – Roget: ‘living aggregates’
6.1834 – Low: ‘long continued selection’
7.1836 – Rafinesque: ‘evinced in the genus’
8.1837 – Wilson: ‘threatened ascendency’
9.1837 – Anonymous[1]: ‘nature’s own rearing’
10.1837 – Dovaston: ‘sport in infinite varieties’
11.1838 - Anonymous translator: ‘portion of the surface of our planet’
12.1840 – Buel: ‘infirm progeny’
13.1840 – Swackhamer: ‘beat off intruders’
14.1841 – Johnson: ‘adapted to prosper’
15.1841 – Hill: ‘deeper richer soil’
16.1842 – Selby: ‘greater power of occupancy’
17.1844 – Low: ‘overpowering the less’
18.1846 – Emmons: ‘habits of varieties’
19.1846 – Alabama Supreme Court: ‘Infirmity of their condition’
20.1848: - Charnock: ‘stiffest and most obdurate’
21.1849 – Emmons: ‘deteriorated by culture’
22.1852 – Wilkin: ‘figure is best accommodated’ – Disproven by Grzegorz Malec in 2016
23.1853 - Andrews ‘impressions and habits acquired’
24.1854 – Mure: ‘dogmatical classification’
25.1855 – Fishbourne: ‘power to permeate’
26.1855 – Laycock: ‘mental or instinctive powers’
27.1856 – Gazlay: ‘adaptation to condition’
28.1858 - Powell: ‘restricted adaptation’
29.1858 – Floy: ‘law manifest in nature’
30. 1858 – Leidy: ‘impressions in insects’
