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From:
Maine, H. S.
To:
Darwin, G. H.
Date:
19 October [1877 or 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 251: 1906
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Darwin Family Letters
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Sends a query he would like GHD to put to Clerk Maxwell: why does a sponged leaf dry more rapidly, although sponging cannot remove the waxy bloom from the minute pores through which it is secreted?
Is very glad to hear about tides in the earth.
Loss of water from leaf surfaces; action of a still air layer.
Proposal for CD’s LL.D.
Writes again about arrangements for the honorary degree ceremony.
Has been working on tides, which he is almost certain have altered the obliquity of the ecliptic.
Has given dates [for the Cambridge University honorary degree] to the Vice-Chancellor.