From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[24 Mar 1846]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 57
Summary:
C. G. Ehrenberg wants specimen grasses from Ascension Island.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
C. G. Ehrenberg wants specimen grasses from Ascension Island.
Received JH's check for £300 for Harris family. Measurements of Gamma Virginis made by W. R. Dawes under GB's direction. Will send future observations to JH.
Discovered an agent that renders his paper tough and waterproof. Sends sample for JH's inspection. Treated paper is highly explosive and can discharge a gun.