To William Baxter or W. W. Baxter 21 March [1843–82]1
Be so good as to fill the enclosed Bottle in following proportions.—
Verdigris in powder [drachm]i
Sal Ammoniac. do [drachm]i
Lamp-Black [drachm]ss
Water [drachm]x2
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | C. Darwin
Down. | March 21st
Footnotes
Bibliography
Herbert, William. 1837. Amaryllidaceæ; preceded by an attempt to arrange the monocotyledonous orders, and followed by a treatise on cross-bred vegetables, and supplement. London: James Ridgway & Sons.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Summary
Requests a mixture of verdigris, sal ammoniac, and lamp-black.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13772
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (Baxter Collection, 1136/1)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13772,” accessed on 11 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13772.xml