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DCP-LETT-13308

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
[18 Sept 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 261.7: 11 (EH 88205936)
Summary:

JL’s address [Presidential Address, 31 Aug 1881, Rep. BAAS (1881): 1–51] has made him think about important steps in advancing geology. Lists major advances in his lifetime.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9622

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
3 Sept [1881?]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 49644: 94–5)
Summary:

Discusses insect attraction to artificial flowers. CD’s experiments of 40 years ago failed, but Nägeli reported success by scenting them.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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