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To Edward Frankland   7 October [1873]

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Requests a piece of the most sensitive litmus paper in order to test the secretions of minute hairs of plants which catch minute flies. [See 9098.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward Frankland
Date:  7 Oct [1873]
Classmark:  The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9090A

To Edward Frankland   13 October 1873

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Finds the negative information sent by EF of great interest [see 9094].

More on his own experiments and the perplexing results when using the sensitive litmus paper.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward Frankland
Date:  13 Oct 1873
Classmark:  The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9096A

To Edward Frankland   18 October [1873]

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Apologises for his ignorance in interpreting the results secured in his testing with blue litmus paper.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward Frankland
Date:  18 Oct [1873]
Classmark:  The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9100A
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