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From Francis Darwin to J. H. Gilbert   8 June 1876

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Asks about constituents of burnt soil.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Henry Gilbert
Date:  8 June 1876
Classmark:  Rothamsted Research (GIL13)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10535F

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  • … ·04 Phosphoric acid ·04 ·09 Sulphuric acid traces none 100·13 99·69 If my letter finds you …

From David Forbes   1 March 1872

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Sends information on composition of chalk at Shoreham and Folkestone.

Author:  David Forbes
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Mar 1872
Classmark:  DAR 164: 149
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8233

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  • 09     —     of Magnesium 0·31 Insoluble (rock debris) 3·61 Phosphoric acid traces Sea } Chloride of sodium 1·29 infiltration Water 0·70 100·00 Top of letter : ‘ …
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Charles Harrison Blackley

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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…

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  • … You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 …

Mary Treat

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Mary Treat was a naturalist from New Jersey who made significant contributions to the fields of entomolgy and botany. Over the period 1871–1876, she exchanged fifteen letters with Darwin - more than any other woman naturalist.

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  • … Mary Treat was a naturalist from New Jersey who made significant contributions to the fields of …