To Edward Frankland 11 October 1874
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 11th 74
My dear Prof: Frankland
Many thanks for the information about the phosphate & about putrefaction. I feared that there was no such substance known, but had there been such it would have been invaluable to me1
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
See letter from Edward Frankland, 9 October 1874. CD had asked about the specific gravity of phosphate of ammonia and about the products of putrefaction for his work on Insectivorous plants.
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Acknowledges the information about the phosphate and about putrefaction. Regrets that there is no knowledge of the conjectured substance. [See 9671.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9673A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Frankland
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9673A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9673A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
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