To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 30 April [1876]
Summary
Suggests JSBS’s new machine for observing arterial action be used to test CD’s hypothesis that blushing is caused by thinking intensely about a part of the body and thus releasing the arteries.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 30 Apr [1876] |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-01) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10485 |
From Margaret Frankland’s diary 30 [April 1876]
Summary
[Entry describing a Sunday morning call [see 10480a] during which CD witnessed the behaviour of a bullfinch and a canary in eating parts of some primroses and cowslips.]
Author: | Margaret Nannie (Margaret) Frankland; Margaret Nannie (Margaret) West |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 [Apr 1876] |
Classmark: | Mrs Bucknall (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10485A |
To Francis Darwin [30 April 1876]
Summary
CD has just had an interview with Edward Frankland, who "almost laughs" at FD’s idea of getting potash and soda out of the soil by treating it with sulphuric acid. Asks FD to send him a soil sample to give to Frankland. Sends enclosures giving address and labels for soil samples.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [30 Apr 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10485B |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Frankland, Margaret | (1) |
West, Margaret | (1) |
Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (1) |
Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Frankland, Margaret | (1) |
West, Margaret | (1) |