From:
William de Wiveleslie Abney
To:
Leonard Darwin
Date:
[before 27 June 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 148
Summary:
Answers questions about chemistry (see 9202).
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Answers questions about chemistry (see 9202).
Asks for proportion of water and of nitrogen in various ammonium salts.
[WWA’s replies are with the letter.]
LD’s letter recalled old scenes on board the Beagle.
CD’s "bothering correspondents" seem to increase in number and in folly; has just answered "two precious fools".
Has been working very hard on Droseraceae and can "now see daylight".
Describes voyage to New Zealand.