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DCP-LETT-9512

From:
John Ball
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 34
Summary:

Received CD’s note late and so could not comply, but promises to vote in future for anyone CD recommends for Athenaeum.

Will have new evidence on dog’s intelligence sent to CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-9513

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 64–6
Summary:

Reports on his examination of the dried specimens of Pinguicula at Kew to answer CD’s query whether all species secrete.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-9514

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 164: 109
Summary:

Action of cobra poison.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-9516

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 67–8
Summary:

Identifies seeds adhering to leaves of Pinguicula [see Insectivorous plants, p. 369].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-9517

From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 144–5, 153–4
Summary:

Is delighted to hear that Pinguicula and Drosera digest fibrin. Suggests diluting gluten in weak hydrochloric acid to remove starch. Enamel was nearly digested [by Drosera] overnight. Would like to try separating the digestive ferment of Pinguicula.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-9518

From:
Eliza Meteyard
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 171: 164
Summary:

Her memorial has passed and her civil list pension has been increased to £100 per annum for life.

Dr Johnson of Shrewsbury has R. W. Darwin letters.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9521

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 69–72
Summary:

Reports on results of experiments on effect of cobra poison on animal cilia and muscle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-74-06-16

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Charles Darwin
Date:
16 June 1874
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library, DAR. 171.2 (4)/283
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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