To G. H. Darwin 18 [October 1877]
Summary
Sends a query he would like GHD to put to Clerk Maxwell: why does a sponged leaf dry more rapidly, although sponging cannot remove the waxy bloom from the minute pores through which it is secreted?
Is very glad to hear about tides in the earth.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 18 [Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 61–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11008 |
From G. O. Wight 18 October 1877
Summary
Sends notes on expression [missing].
| Author: | George Oswald Wight |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11188 |
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| letter | (2) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Wight, G. O. | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Wight, G. O. | (1) |
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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