To Archibald Geikie 20 December [1871]
Summary
Asks to borrow AG’s paper on denudation of flat or nearly flat surfaces ["On modern denudation", Trans. Geol. Soc. of Glasgow 3: 153-90]. CD has recently been making some observations he thinks throw a little light on the subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Archibald Geikie |
| Date: | 20 Dec [1871] |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.1425/71) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8112 |
From Mary Treat 20 December 1871
Summary
Describes fly-catching activity of Drosera longifolia.
Experiments on Papilio asterias; sex of adult determined by length of larval feeding time.
| Author: | Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8113 |
| letter | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Davis, Mary | (1) |
| Treat, Mary | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Geikie, Archibald | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Davis, Mary | (1) |
| Geikie, Archibald | (1) |
| Treat, Mary | (1) |
Scientific Networks
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Scientific Practice
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