To John Tyndall 22 December [1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. |( Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Dec. 22d.
My dear Tyndall
I return the Siren with very many thanks.2 The plants, ill-luck to them, are not sensitive to aerial vibrations. I am ashamed at my blunder, & very much more so at having vainly given you great trouble. I have, however, been glad to see the famed Siren.
My dear Tyndall | Yours truly obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Tyndall, 5 December 1878.
Tyndall had lent CD a siren for his experiments with sensitive plants; see letter to John Tyndall, 4 December [1878] and n. 3, and letter from John Tyndall, 5 December 1878.
Summary
Returns the siren; the plants "ill luck to them, are not sensitive to aerial vibrations". Is ashamed of his blunder.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11802
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Tyndall
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 261.8: 28 (EH 88205966)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11802,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11802.xml
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