Inquires about the effect of turf covering on the rate of disintegration of rock.
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Inquires about the effect of turf covering on the rate of disintegration of rock.
CD is "more than pleased" by what R. B. Litchfield said of him. Congratulates HEL on having "so noble a husband".
All were "profoundly" interested by HEL’s account [of their welcome at the Working Men’s College].
Writes about proof-correcting by WED [of Origin, 6th ed.].
Explains some proof-correcting symbols to be used by WED [on Origin, 6th ed. proofs?].
JS should not consider repaying CD; the money was a gift, not a loan.
JS’s information on expression is the best he has received.
Asks JC-B to observe whether platysma muscle contracts during rigor or shivering fit.
Is just recommencing his essay on expression.
Is sending some proofs for correction by WED [6th ed. of Origin].
Thanks WED for a correction [to proofs of Origin, 6th ed.].
Asks who Fiske is. The articles [Harvard lectures?] are "so fair and in some respects so complimentary" that CD thinks he should write to him. [See 8058.]
Is it now thought that the spongioles of rootlets secrete carbonic acid which acts on bones and rocks?
Praises and comments on JL’s essay on insects ["Origin of insects", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 11 (1873): 422–5].
CD is considering repeating experiments on melastomads in which different pollen sizes produced differing seedling sizes.
Responds to JDH’s query on differences in pollen within the same species.
Much perplexed by W. Crookes’s article. He can neither disbelieve nor believe. Article has removed some of his difficulty in that the supposed power is not an anomaly. Hopes men such as G. G. Stokes will be induced to witness Crookes’s experiments.