From Samuel Newington 30 August 1875
Summary
Reports a competition between the air roots of two varieties of grapevines. The victor changed the flavour and shape of the loser’s fruit.
| Author: | Samuel Newington |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10140 |
From Samuel Newington 2 September 1875
Summary
Tells CD of his many experiments on interarching vines, potato tubers, exudation of carbon dioxide from roots,
and the synchrony of the pulse and the step while walking.
Would like to meet CD.
| Author: | Samuel Newington |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Sept 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10148 |
From Samuel Newington 10 December 1875
Summary
Reports on various observations and experiments: a duck–fowl hybrid with queer habits,
three cases of man–dog hybrids,
his interarching vine experiments,
and orange scale.
| Author: | Samuel Newington |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Dec 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10294 |
From Samuel Newington 23 November 1880
Summary
He has proved that heat is generated by the exudation of oxygen from roots, and that there is continuous electrical action from leaves to roots.
| Author: | Samuel Newington |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12846 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Newington, Samuel | (4) |
