From David Forbes 1 March 1872
Summary
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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- … 08 Insoluble (silicious rock debris) 1·10 Alumina(with Phosporic acid 0·42 100·00 Grey chalk. beds resting on greensand level of low water Folkestone Carbonate of lime 94·09 — 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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| letter | (1) |
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| Forbes, David | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Forbes, David | (1) |
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| 1872 | (1) |
