To Edward Frankland [before 6 June 1876]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. [Hopedene, Surrey.]
Mr Darwin wishes to know the amounts, in the enclosed samples of earth, of:–
Potassium
Sodium
Calcium
Magnesium
Phosphorous
Sulphur2
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Edward Frankland, 6 June [1876].
The samples were of burnt and natural soil (see letter from Edward Frankland, [before 6 June 1876]). CD was interested in producing soil lacking nutrients so that he could control the substances plants received and assess the effect this had on their variation (see letter to J. H. Gilbert, 16 February 1876).
Summary
Requests chemical analysis of sample of both natural and burnt soil.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10533A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Frankland
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
- Physical description
- L 1p (attached to 2pp of the analysis made)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10533A,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10533A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24
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