From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Oct 1877
Source of text:
DAR 162: 66
Summary:
Loss of water from leaf surfaces; action of a still air layer.
Proposal for CD’s LL.D.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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.
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.
Has given dates [for the Cambridge University honorary degree] to the Vice-Chancellor.