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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Trenham Reeks
Date:
[before 8 Feb 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 39: 51–2
Summary:

CD sends queries on chemical composition of various Beagle mineral specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Trenham Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Feb 1845
Source of text:
DAR 39: 43–4, 49–50
Summary:

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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project