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To J. T. Moggridge   27 August 1873

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Comments on experiments of touching seeds with acid.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Traherne Moggridge
Date:  27 Aug 1873
Classmark:  DAR 146: 380
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9030

From J. T. Moggridge   22 August 1873

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He has added carbolic acid to the seed germination experiments and sends more results on the effect of formic acid. Formic acid inhibits mildew on dough but not on seeds.

Mildew never grows in ants’ nests.

Sends an account, from the Mishnah, of grain stored by ants.

Author:  John Traherne Moggridge
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Aug 1873
Classmark:  DAR 171: 222
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9024
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