To Edward Frankland 18 October [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 18th
My dear Sir
Once again I have to thank you for all the trouble which I have caused you. It was my simple ignorance: I had always heard of & seen blue litmus paper, & could not believe that it was right.—2
Yours truly obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Apologises for his ignorance in interpreting the results secured in his testing with blue litmus paper.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9100A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Frankland
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9100A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9100A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21