From:
Trenham Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Nov 1860
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 10–11
Summary:
Sends weights of three objects (blotting paper, thread, and hair) to within 1/1000 of a grain.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Sends weights of three objects (blotting paper, thread, and hair) to within 1/1000 of a grain.
Sends results of chemical tests on specimens [of salt, see South America, pp. 73–5].
Encloses abstract from Justus Liebig on composition of bones and their ability to withstand decay.
Encloses analysis of salt from Patagonia. Cannot account for its inferiority.
Discusses chemical reaction involving common salt and carbonate of lime.